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Leon city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Leon city is a Census city of 1,899 people across 3.13 square miles of land, in Decatur County. Median household income is $54,231, 51.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Leon
What Leon is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.13 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land606
- County holding the largest share of its areaDecatur County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leon
How many people live in Leon
- Population1,899
- Median age38.6
- Population under 18440
- Share under 1823.2 percent
- Population 65 and over484
- Share 65 and over25.5 percent
- Households818
- Family households433
- Share of households that are families52.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leon
Income and work in Leon
- Median household income$54,231
- Per capita income$26,777
- Civilian labor force883 plus or minus 205
- Employed876 plus or minus 205
- Unemployed7 plus or minus 8
- Unemployment rate0.8 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over1,179
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leon
Housing in Leon
- Housing units1,006
- Occupied units818
- Vacant units188 plus or minus 63
- Vacancy rate18.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied421
- Renter occupied397 plus or minus 116
- Ownership rate51.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$99,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$577
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.8 percent
- Single family units790
- Share single family78.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more213 plus or minus 74
- Share in buildings of two or more21.2 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 6
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leon
How Leon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute850 plus or minus 206
- Commuting under 15 minutes372 plus or minus 119
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.8 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more359 plus or minus 131
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.2 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Drove alone81.0 percent
- Carpooled8.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Decatur County, not Leon
Decatur County context, not Leon figures
These are Decatur County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Leon measurements.
- Establishments in Decatur County146
- Employment at those establishments, Decatur County1,744
- Covered employment, Decatur County2,269
- Average annual pay, Decatur County$42,983
- Average weekly wage, Decatur County$827
- Housing units permitted, Decatur County2
- Of those, single family, Decatur County2
- County product, 2024, Decatur County$277,577,000
- County product change over the prior year, Decatur County3.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Decatur County$46,899
Every figure in this section is published for Decatur County as a whole and is not a measurement of Leon. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Leon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Leon, Iowa?
1,899, in 818 households. Leon city covers 3.13 square miles of land, which is 606 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Leon in?
Decatur County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Leon?
$54,231. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $99,800. Median gross rent is $577 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Leon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Decatur 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 Leon.
Is zoning published for Leon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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