Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Leeds’ subject grades is a B+ for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. The biggest park or preserve is Androscoggin Riverlands State Park, at 353 acres. Leeds has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Leeds beats most towns.
Where Leeds’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Leeds is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 607 in 1800, a low of 607 in 1800, 2,262 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1984 and 3 maps from 1910 on.
Leeds takes its name from Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, 3,050 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionLeeds, settled in 1801, takes its name from Leeds, a city in West Yorkshire, England.
6 more U.S. towns are named after Leeds:Leeds, AL12,831Leeds, WI743Leeds, UT857Leeds, ND424Leeds, NY242+1 more
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Leeds, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Leeds.
15% of adults worry about having enough food in Leeds. Among 144 Maine towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Leeds. In Leeds, 19% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 17% report frequent physical distress.
| Leeds | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Leeds | ME |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.2% | 14.8% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.6% | 7.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 14.6% | 10.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The public schools here belong to RSU 52/MSAD 52. Its one school is below. 196 students attend Leeds’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds Central SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 196 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Jobs based in Leeds grew to 307 in 2023, 105 more than in 2013. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 4% of working residents work locally. Leeds’ mean commuting time is 34 minutes, above both Maine’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 20%.
| Leeds | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 12% | 8% |
| Work from home | 10% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Leeds’ July high stands at 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2.7% in value. In Leeds, 94% of households own their home. Leeds’ typical rent is $940 a month, where Maine’s towns sit at $1,106 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
| Leeds | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 94% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $940 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Leeds has had one paid flood insurance claim since 1987. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 63% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 45% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to drought. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 11 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Across 4 parks and preserves: 15 miles of trail. In Leeds, the density of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Leeds | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Curtis Homestead Conservation Area | 2.4 mi | 327 |
| 2. Androscoggin Riverlands State Park | — | 353 |
| 3. Brackett-Longley Rare Plant Preserve | — | 46 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Leeds. Close and well known come first.
17 mi MuseumMaine State Museum
37 mi GardenCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens
38 mi Ski areaPleasant Mountain41 runs · 1,240 ft vertical
35 mi National MonumentFrances Perkins National Monument
32 mi MuseumMaine Maritime MuseumMaine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain · Maine Maritime Museum: Maine Maritime Museum, CC BY 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Leeds
About 7 of every 100 Leeds residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
4 notable people were born in Leeds.
Town in Maine, United States
Leeds is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,262 at the 2020 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area.
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5 towns share a border with Leeds.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | — | — | B− | — | B− | C− |
| Turner | #42 | B+ | B+ | — | B− | B |
| Livermore | — | — | B− | — | D | B |
| Wayne | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Monmouth | #46 | B | C− | A+ | B | B+ |
| Greene | #117 | C− | C | — | B− | C |
Leeds, Livermore and Wayne have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Leeds, Turner, Livermore, Wayne and Greene report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Leeds with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 5.1 years of the area's median household income ($67,873 across the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
4 notable people were born here, including Oliver Otis Howard and Kenneth M. Curtis.
