Leesburg vs Mount Dora

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

Leesburg and Mount Dora 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 16,812 in Mount Dora). Mount Dora has the higher median household income ($69,931 vs $47,506 in Leesburg). Mount Dora has the higher median home value ($316,100 vs $214,300 in Leesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Leesburg	Mount Dora
Population	28,461	16,812
Median age	46.4 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,506	$69,931
Median home value	$214,300	$316,100
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,500
Housing units	14,202	8,121
Homeownership rate	57.9%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesburg	Mount Dora
Population	22,672 → 28,461 (+25.5%)	13,897 → 16,812 (+21.0%)
Median household income	$37,092 → $47,506 (+28.1%)	$48,690 → $69,931 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$153,000 → $214,300 (+40.1%)	$244,100 → $316,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,169 (+31.5%)	$1,060 → $1,500 (+41.5%)

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

Mount Dora

Population

13,89716,812

Median household income

$48,690$69,931

Median home value

$244,100$316,100

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leesburg	Mount Dora
Under 5	3.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	16.5%	17.4%
75 and over	12.4%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesburg	Mount Dora
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	62.7%
Black or African American	21.7%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.9%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesburg	Mount Dora
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesburg	Mount Dora
Drove alone	69.1%	67.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	2.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.4%	15.8%
Other means	6.5%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesburg	Mount Dora
1-unit, detached	54.2%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	11.1%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Leesburg	Mount Dora
Poverty rate	16.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1983	1994