Clermont vs Leesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Clermont and Leesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clermont has the higher population (44,984 vs 28,461 in Leesburg). Clermont has the higher median household income ($79,789 vs $47,506 in Leesburg). Clermont has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $214,300 in Leesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Clermont	Leesburg
Population	44,984	28,461
Median age	42.4 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,789	$47,506
Median home value	$368,600	$214,300
Median gross rent	$1,774	$1,169
Housing units	18,718	14,202
Homeownership rate	68.4%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clermont	Leesburg
Population	35,209 → 44,984 (+27.8%)	22,672 → 28,461 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$64,736 → $79,789 (+23.3%)	$37,092 → $47,506 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$233,000 → $368,600 (+58.2%)	$153,000 → $214,300 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,774 (+25.4%)	$889 → $1,169 (+31.5%)

Clermont

Population

35,20944,984

Median household income

$64,736$79,789

Median home value

$233,000$368,600

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,774

Leesburg

Population

22,67228,461

Median household income

$37,092$47,506

Median home value

$153,000$214,300

Median gross rent

$889$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clermont	Leesburg
Under 5	3.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	16.5%
75 and over	11.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clermont	Leesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	52.0%
Black or African American	13.1%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clermont	Leesburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	23.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clermont	Leesburg
Drove alone	75.5%	69.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.6%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clermont	Leesburg
1-unit, detached	70.0%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	12.9%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Clermont	Leesburg
Poverty rate	6.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	2005	1983