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Leeds city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Leeds city is a Census city of 12,028 people across 22.81 square miles of land, lying across Jefferson County and St. Clair County and Shelby County. Median household income is $69,737, 72.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.1 m.
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Leeds
What Leeds is
- Census place typecity
- Land area22.81 sq mi
- Water area0.23 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land527
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 86.8 percent
- Counties this place lies inJefferson County 86.8 percent, St. Clair County 10.7 percent, Shelby County 2.5 percent
Leeds city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leeds
How many people live in Leeds
- Population12,028
- Median age39.3
- Population under 183,047
- Share under 1825.3 percent
- Population 65 and over2,038
- Share 65 and over16.9 percent
- Households4,561
- Family households3,006
- Share of households that are families65.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leeds
Income and work in Leeds
- Median household income$69,737
- Per capita income$35,318
- Civilian labor force6,017
- Employed5,858
- Unemployed159 plus or minus 91
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over8,082
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leeds
Housing in Leeds
- Housing units4,987
- Occupied units4,561
- Vacant units426 plus or minus 136
- Vacancy rate8.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied3,283
- Renter occupied1,278
- Ownership rate72.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$224,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,058
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units3,733
- Share single family74.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more717 plus or minus 194
- Share in buildings of two or more14.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Mobile homes537 plus or minus 190
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leeds
How Leeds gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,492
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,048 plus or minus 277
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,376 plus or minus 478
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.3 percent
- Drove alone82.1 percent
- Carpooled10.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home6.5 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leeds
SBA loans in Leeds (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$5,083,000
- Average approval$462,091
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,233,000
- Largest approval$2,250,000
- Jobs supported273
- Jobs per approval24.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.1 percent
- Share to franchises27.3 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Leeds
SBA loans in Leeds (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$6,699,000
- Average approval$1,116,500
- Median approval$725,000
- Largest approval$3,843,000
- Jobs supported41
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Leeds
Jefferson County context, not Leeds figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Leeds measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County16,989
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County341,042
- Covered employment, Jefferson County367,081
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$71,562
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,376
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County2,117
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County1,536
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$65,539,202,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$73,144
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Leeds. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Leeds questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Leeds, Alabama?
12,028, in 4,561 households. Leeds city covers 22.81 square miles of land, which is 527 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Leeds in?
Leeds lies in more than one. By area it is 86.8 percent in Jefferson County, 10.7 percent in St. Clair County, 2.5 percent in Shelby County. This page sits under Jefferson County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Leeds?
$69,737. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $224,600. Median gross rent is $1,058 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Leeds businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $5.1 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $6.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Leeds, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Leeds borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Leeds. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Leeds figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Leeds.
Is zoning published for Leeds?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.