What is the population of Leland city?

Leland city has 3,864 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #83 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Leland city?

Median household income in Leland city is $39,767 a year, 49.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Leland city?

Median gross rent is $702 a month and the median home value is $111,100, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.

Is Leland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Leland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Leland, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Leland, Mississippi (Leland, MS — Census place “Leland city”) is 3,864 residents, ranking #83 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $39,767, the median home is worth $111,100 and median gross rent runs $702 a month. Looking for the Leland Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Leland, MS: 38756.

Population: 3,864Leland city residents
Median household income: $39,767Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $111,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $702Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.3%Owner-occupied households

Leland ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Leland.

The Leland MS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

38756

What the numbers mean in Leland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Leland city median would spend about 21.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27.5% of residents and 61.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Leland city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Leland city is a small town in Mississippi, with 3,864 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #83 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 39 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Leland city earn a median of $39,767 a year, 49.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% below the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 27.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Leland city is valued at $111,100, 63.4% below the national figure and 8% below the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $702 a month, 50.1% below the national figure, or roughly $8,424 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Leland city?: Leland city has 3,864 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #83 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Leland city?: Median household income in Leland city is $39,767 a year, 49.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Leland city?: Median gross rent is $702 a month and the median home value is $111,100, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
Is Leland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Leland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Leland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.