Leesburg is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 985 people and two associated neighborhoods, Leesburg is the 305th largest community in Alabama.Leesburg is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Leesburg is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leesburg who work in food service (12.93%), office and administrative support (10.73%), and teaching (9.27%).Because there are quite a few people attending college in Leesburg, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Leesburg provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities. 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. Leesburg is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Leesburg with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.81% of adults in Leesburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Leesburg in 2022 was $33,982, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,928 for a family of four. However, Leesburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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. Important ancestries of people in Leesburg include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and French. The most common language spoken in Leesburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
