Inverness Highlands South vs Lecanto

A side-by-side comparison of Inverness Highlands South and Lecanto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inverness Highlands South has the higher population (7,478 vs 6,929 in Lecanto). Inverness Highlands South has the higher median household income ($61,224 vs $52,996 in Lecanto). Lecanto has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $206,900 in Inverness Highlands South).

Population, income & housing

	Inverness Highlands South	Lecanto
Population	7,478	6,929
Median age	46.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,224	$52,996
Median home value	$206,900	$293,900
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,221
Housing units	3,414	2,555
Homeownership rate	88.7%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inverness Highlands South	Lecanto
Population	6,441 → 7,478 (+16.1%)	6,847 → 6,929 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$42,863 → $61,224 (+42.8%)	$40,433 → $52,996 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $206,900 (+85.1%)	$163,500 → $293,900 (+79.8%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,296 (+35.8%)	$805 → $1,221 (+51.7%)

Inverness Highlands South

Population

6,4417,478

Median household income

$42,863$61,224

Median home value

$111,800$206,900

Median gross rent

$954$1,296

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)

	Inverness Highlands South	Lecanto
Under 5	6.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	2.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	19.2%
65 to 74	18.5%	12.7%
75 and over	11.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inverness Highlands South	Lecanto
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inverness Highlands South	Lecanto
No high school diploma	9.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	38.3%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inverness Highlands South	Lecanto
Drove alone	77.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	13.9%
Other means	7.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inverness Highlands South	Lecanto
1-unit, detached	91.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Inverness Highlands South	Lecanto
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1985	1989