LeedsNY
A town of 242, settled in 1827.
Is Leeds a good place to live?
Leeds has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
242 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The other Leeds
Leeds takes its name from Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, 3,280 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionLeeds, settled in 1827, takes its name from Leeds, a city in West Yorkshire, England.
6 more U.S. towns are named after Leeds:Leeds, AL12,831Leeds, ME2,406Leeds, WI743Leeds, UT857Leeds, ND424+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.
Olana State Historic Site and 56 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Leeds. Close and well known come first.
4 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
33 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
10 mi WaterfallKaaterskill Falls
31 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a year
31 mi TheatreTanglewood
29 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell MuseumPhoto credits
Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5
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Moving to Leeds: who provides what
Leeds is unincorporated, so Greene County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Leeds.
Leeds’ typical home value is about $334K
Values rose 5.6% in the 12 months to September 2026. Nearly nine in ten households live in a home they own in Leeds, against 75% in New York’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, fewer of Leeds’ working residents work locally
Half the trips to work are shorter than 24 miles. Since 2013, Leeds has added 83 jobs, to 124 in 2023. Leeds’ average commute is 17 minutes, below both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Catskill (19%), New York (11%) and Albany (6%).
| Leeds | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Leeds, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts nearly two thirds of Leeds’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Leeds has four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 16° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 31 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Leeds is
For adults in Leeds, the share who have high blood pressure is 30%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Leeds beats New York on 8 and trails on 2.
| Leeds | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 11% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Leeds | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 8.7% | 11.5% |
| More adults with depression | 21.8% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Leeds
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Leeds
About 0 of every 100 Leeds residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
99% of working residents leave Leeds for work
Where Leeds’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Leeds
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Leeds is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 429 at the 2020 census. Leeds is located in the town of Catskill, near the northern town line. The community is located north of Route 23 and west of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 87) and is northwest of the village of Catskill.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 157 ft
- ZIP code
- 12451
Questions about Leeds
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Leeds, NY a good place to live?
Leeds has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.