Leesburg is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 37,815 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Leesburg is the 116th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities, Leesburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Leesburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Leesburg is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Leesburg who work in office and administrative support (10.67%), management occupations (10.52%), and healthcare (9.62%). Also of interest is that Leesburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.74% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 city 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, Leesburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Leesburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The citizens of Leesburg are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.34% of adults in Leesburg having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Leesburg in 2022 was $30,328, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,312 for a family of four. However, Leesburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Leesburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Leesburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leesburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Leesburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Leesburg include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Leesburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
