Crystal River vs Lecanto

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal River and Lecanto: population, income, housing, and more.

Crystal River and Lecanto are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lecanto has the higher population (6,929 vs 3,443 in Crystal River). Lecanto has the higher median household income ($52,996 vs $52,112 in Crystal River). Lecanto has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $290,900 in Crystal River).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal River	Lecanto
Population	3,443	6,929
Median age	63.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,112	$52,996
Median home value	$290,900	$293,900
Median gross rent	$913	$1,221
Housing units	2,057	2,555
Homeownership rate	61.0%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal River	Lecanto
Population	3,129 → 3,443 (+10.0%)	6,847 → 6,929 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$24,225 → $52,112 (+115.1%)	$40,433 → $52,996 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $290,900 (+155.2%)	$163,500 → $293,900 (+79.8%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $913 (+32.1%)	$805 → $1,221 (+51.7%)

Crystal River

Population

3,1293,443

Median household income

$24,225$52,112

Median home value

$114,000$290,900

Median gross rent

$691$913

Lecanto

Population

6,8476,929

Median household income

$40,433$52,996

Median home value

$163,500$293,900

Median gross rent

$805$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal River	Lecanto
Under 5	3.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.2%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	4.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	17.6%	12.7%
75 and over	28.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal River	Lecanto
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	87.8%
Black or African American	10.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal River	Lecanto
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.6%
High school graduate	28.2%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal River	Lecanto
Drove alone	63.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	13.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal River	Lecanto
1-unit, detached	52.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal River	Lecanto
Poverty rate	24.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	36
Median year structure built	1984	1989