Leesville TownshipMO
A town of 1,065, settled in 1857.
Is Leesville Township a good place to live?
Leesville Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. 34% of the land in Leesville Township is conserved, where Missouri’s towns sit at 2.1% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Leesville), at 838 acres. Leesville Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns. Leesville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,065 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Leesville Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Leesville Township is from typical.
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Moving to Leesville Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Leesville Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Leesville Township.
Residents of Leesville Township are less healthy than 87% of U.S. towns
In Leesville Township, 18% of adults report frequent physical distress, above both the Missouri town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). This Missouri town does better than the Missouri average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 11. The share of adults in Leesville Township who have high blood pressure: 42%.
| Leesville Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Leesville Township | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.6% | 77.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.5% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Leesville Township fall behind 80% of Missouri districts
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Leesville R-Ix school district. Enrollment at Leesville Township’s public school: 91 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leesville Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 91 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests
Leesville Township keeps nearly a third of its land conserved
There are 3.3 miles of trail across 4 parks and preserves. Leesville Township’s density of trails stands at 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Upper Tebo Creek) | 1.4 mi | 1,876 |
| 2. Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Leesville) | — | 838 |
| 3. Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Cedar Creek) | — | 679 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Leesville Township work out of town
Among working residents in Leesville Township, 1.3% work locally. The top destinations are Clinton (33%), Springfield (6%) and Sedalia (4%). Its average commute comes in at 28 minutes. The median commute is under 30 miles.
| Leesville Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 13% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.8% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Leesville Township’s year
In July, afternoons reach 89°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 11 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Leesville Township, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA puts 54% of Leesville Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to tornadoes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2015.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Leesville Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Leesville Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Leesville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
99% of working residents leave Leesville Township for work
Where Leesville Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Leesville Township
Unincorporated community in the US state of Missouri
Leesville is an unincorporated community in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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Questions about Leesville Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Leesville Township, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.