Moving to Leeds, Alabama

About Leeds, Alabama
Leeds

Leeds is a tricounty municipality located in Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby Counties in the State of Alabama; it is an eastern suburb of Birmingham. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,324.

Leeds was founded in 1877, during the final years of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. It housed the workers and their families of Lehigh, a Portland cement manufacturing plant.

Named, "The City of Valor" due to three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, from World War II and the Korean War, who called Leeds home: Alford McLaughlin, William Lawley and Henry "Red" Erwin. A wall in the Leeds Historical Society's Jonathan Bass House Museum is dedicated to the city's three Medal of Honor winners. In spring 2023, Chip Wise, the Leeds High School Band Director, composed an original piece titled, “City of Valor” meant to honor the three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. In October 2023, the Pearl Harbor National Memorial invited Wise and his marching band to perform the piece at Pearl Harbor on March 26, 2024.

Gender
Gender Leeds Alabama Country
Female 47.2% 51.7% 50.8%
Male 52.8% 48.3% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Leeds Alabama Country
Less than $10,000 2% 8.1% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 4.4% 5.6% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 7.8% 10.9% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 6.8% 10.5% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 14.6% 13.2% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 21.4% 17.5% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 15.3% 11.8% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 16% 13.1% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 9% 4.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2.7% 4.4% 8.3%
Education


Education Leeds Alabama Country
< 9th Grade 3% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 8% 9% 7.0%
High School or GED 25% 30% 27.0%
Other College 25% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 11% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 17% 16% 20.0%
Master's Degree 8% 7% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 2% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Leeds Alabama Country
White 81.4% 65.2% 60.1%
African American 13.8% 26.4% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.4% 0.6%
Asian 0.1% 1.4% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.1% 0% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 0.7% 1.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 3.9% 4.4% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity