Leesburg vs Tavares

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

Leesburg and Tavares 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 19,738 in Tavares). Tavares has the higher median household income ($57,644 vs $47,506 in Leesburg). Tavares has the higher median home value ($225,500 vs $214,300 in Leesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Leesburg	Tavares
Population	28,461	19,738
Median age	46.4 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,506	$57,644
Median home value	$214,300	$225,500
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,409
Housing units	14,202	10,242
Homeownership rate	57.9%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesburg	Tavares
Population	22,672 → 28,461 (+25.5%)	16,752 → 19,738 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$37,092 → $47,506 (+28.1%)	$45,319 → $57,644 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$153,000 → $214,300 (+40.1%)	$144,900 → $225,500 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,169 (+31.5%)	$1,018 → $1,409 (+38.4%)

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

Tavares

Population

16,75219,738

Median household income

$45,319$57,644

Median home value

$144,900$225,500

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leesburg	Tavares
Under 5	3.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	16.5%	18.1%
75 and over	12.4%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesburg	Tavares
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	68.6%
Black or African American	21.7%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesburg	Tavares
No high school diploma	12.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	33.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesburg	Tavares
Drove alone	69.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.7%
Other means	6.5%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesburg	Tavares
1-unit, detached	54.2%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	11.1%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Leesburg	Tavares
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1983	1994