Lady Lake vs Leesburg

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

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

Leesburg has the higher population (28,461 vs 16,337 in Lady Lake). Leesburg has the higher median household income ($47,506 vs $47,260 in Lady Lake). Lady Lake has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $214,300 in Leesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lady Lake	Leesburg
Population	16,337	28,461
Median age	66.2 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,260	$47,506
Median home value	$217,900	$214,300
Median gross rent	$1,361	$1,169
Housing units	10,056	14,202
Homeownership rate	70.4%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lady Lake	Leesburg
Population	15,426 → 16,337 (+5.9%)	22,672 → 28,461 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$42,483 → $47,260 (+11.2%)	$37,092 → $47,506 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $217,900 (+48.9%)	$153,000 → $214,300 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,361 (+31.6%)	$889 → $1,169 (+31.5%)

Lady Lake

Population

15,42616,337

Median household income

$42,483$47,260

Median home value

$146,300$217,900

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,361

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)

	Lady Lake	Leesburg
Under 5	2.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	7.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	4.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	24.1%	16.5%
75 and over	28.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lady Lake	Leesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	52.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lady Lake	Leesburg
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	34.5%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lady Lake	Leesburg
Drove alone	70.5%	69.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	9.4%
Other means	6.9%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lady Lake	Leesburg
1-unit, detached	52.0%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	4.7%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Lady Lake	Leesburg
Poverty rate	14.2%	16.2%
Average household size	1.87	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1993	1983