It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lecanto has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lecanto has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lecanto than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lecanto may be for you.
Being a small town, Lecanto does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Lecanto is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.19% of adults 25 and older in Lecanto have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lecanto in 2022 was $30,320, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,280 for a family of four. However, Lecanto contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lecanto is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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, Egyptian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Lecanto is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
