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Lecanto, FL
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Living in Lecanto



Lecanto is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 6,301 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lecanto is the 261st largest community in Florida.

Also of interest is that Lecanto has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.07% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lecanto has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lecanto a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Lecanto is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Lecanto who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.30% of the adults in Lecanto have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lecanto in 2022 was $28,224, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,896 for a family of four. However, Lecanto contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lecanto home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lecanto residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lecanto include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Egyptian.

The most common language spoken in Lecanto is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.


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