Leigh is a city of 443 people in Nebraska. 87% of homes are owner-occupied. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 18% of adults. The typical home is worth $95,400, having more than doubled since 2000. 99% were living in the same home a year earlier. The foreign-born share is 3%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,500, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Leigh
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$39,121 → $95,400(+144%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree8.6% → 18.2%(+9.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)6.3%(1)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.8%(3)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era0%(0)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War43.8%(7)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 16 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Leigh, decade by decade
Leigh population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
432
$48,001
$39,121
8.6%
0.0
2000
442
$57,306
$81,246
7.3%
4.4
2010
405
$59,855
$83,293
23.1%
8.4
2020
435
$59,466
$87,752
17.1%
25.1
2024
443
$63,500
$95,400
18.2%
40.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
