West Lealman, FL population, income and ZIP codes

West Lealman CDP is a mid-size town in Florida, with 15,560 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #252 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 55.8 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 West Lealman CDP earn a median of $48,965 a year, 37.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% 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 17.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in West Lealman CDP is valued at $162,800, 46.3% below the national figure and 47% below the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,170 a month, 16.8% below the national figure, or roughly $14,040 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.7% 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 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 55.8 puts West Lealman CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.