Leesburg is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,006 people and two associated neighborhoods, Leesburg is the 305th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Leesburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Leesburg is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Leesburg who work in sales jobs (12.69%), food service (11.38%), and teaching (8.10%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Leesburg has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Leesburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Leesburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Leesburg may be for you. Being a small town, Leesburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Leesburg rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.84% of adults 25 and older in Leesburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Leesburg in 2022 was $26,724, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,896 for a family of four. However, Leesburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Leesburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Leesburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leesburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Leesburg include Irish, English, German, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Leesburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
