What is the population of Leesburg city?

Leesburg city has 28,461 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #146 of 955 in Florida.

What is the median household income in Leesburg city?

Median household income in Leesburg city is $47,506 a year, 39.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,169 a month and the median home value is $214,300, so rent absorbs about 29.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Leesburg city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Leesburg, FL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Leesburg, Florida (Leesburg, FL — Census place “Leesburg city”) is 28,461 residents, ranking #146 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $47,506, the median home is worth $214,300 and median gross rent runs $1,169 a month. Looking for the Leesburg Florida ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Leesburg, FL: 34748, 34762.

Population: 28,461Leesburg city residents
Median household income: $47,506Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $214,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,169Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.9%Owner-occupied households

Leesburg ZIP codes (Florida)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Leesburg.

The Leesburg FL ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Leesburg city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Leesburg city median would spend about 29.5% 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 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.2% of residents and 57.9% of households own their home.

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

Leesburg city, FL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Leesburg city is a small city in Florida, with 28,461 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #146 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 46.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Leesburg city earn a median of $47,506 a year, 39.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% below the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 16.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Leesburg city is valued at $214,300, 29.4% below the national figure and 30% below the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,169 a month, 16.9% below the national figure, or roughly $14,028 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 29.5% 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 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 57.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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What is the population of Leesburg city?: Leesburg city has 28,461 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #146 of 955 in Florida.
What is the median household income in Leesburg city?: Median household income in Leesburg city is $47,506 a year, 39.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Leesburg city?: Median gross rent is $1,169 a month and the median home value is $214,300, so rent absorbs about 29.5% of median household income.
Is Leesburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Leesburg city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Leesburg city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.