Hernando vs Lecanto

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

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

Hernando has the higher population (8,795 vs 6,929 in Lecanto). Lecanto has the higher median household income ($52,996 vs $41,564 in Hernando). Lecanto has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $189,200 in Hernando).

Population, income & housing

	Hernando	Lecanto
Population	8,795	6,929
Median age	60.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,564	$52,996
Median home value	$189,200	$293,900
Median gross rent	$922	$1,221
Housing units	5,615	2,555
Homeownership rate	84.7%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hernando	Lecanto
Population	9,261 → 8,795 (-5.0%)	6,847 → 6,929 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$34,356 → $41,564 (+21.0%)	$40,433 → $52,996 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $189,200 (+112.1%)	$163,500 → $293,900 (+79.8%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $922 (+35.2%)	$805 → $1,221 (+51.7%)

Hernando

Population

9,2618,795

Median household income

$34,356$41,564

Median home value

$89,200$189,200

Median gross rent

$682$922

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)

	Hernando	Lecanto
Under 5	0.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	19.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	20.6%	12.7%
75 and over	18.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hernando	Lecanto
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	87.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hernando	Lecanto
No high school diploma	7.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	43.7%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hernando	Lecanto
Drove alone	79.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	13.9%
Other means	2.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hernando	Lecanto
1-unit, detached	52.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	43.9%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Hernando	Lecanto
Poverty rate	19.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1985	1989