Ives Estates vs Leisure City

A side-by-side comparison of Ives Estates and Leisure City: population, income, housing, and more.

Ives Estates and Leisure City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leisure City has the higher population (26,917 vs 26,154 in Ives Estates). Ives Estates has the higher median household income ($67,841 vs $48,640 in Leisure City). Leisure City has the higher median home value ($333,100 vs $287,500 in Ives Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Ives Estates	Leisure City
Population	26,154	26,917
Median age	37.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,841	$48,640
Median home value	$287,500	$333,100
Median gross rent	$1,979	$1,590
Housing units	10,411	8,428
Homeownership rate	56.1%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ives Estates	Leisure City
Population	22,707 → 26,154 (+15.2%)	26,652 → 26,917 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$56,613 → $67,841 (+19.8%)	$36,609 → $48,640 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$195,700 → $287,500 (+46.9%)	$194,400 → $333,100 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,488 → $1,979 (+33.0%)	$1,136 → $1,590 (+40.0%)

Ives Estates

Population

22,70726,154

Median household income

$56,613$67,841

Median home value

$195,700$287,500

Median gross rent

$1,488$1,979

Leisure City

Population

26,65226,917

Median household income

$36,609$48,640

Median home value

$194,400$333,100

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ives Estates	Leisure City
Under 5	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.3%
75 and over	5.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ives Estates	Leisure City
White (non-Hispanic)	18.9%	5.4%
Black or African American	41.9%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ives Estates	Leisure City
No high school diploma	7.4%	29.3%
High school graduate	27.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ives Estates	Leisure City
Drove alone	75.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.5%
Public transit	2.6%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	9.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ives Estates	Leisure City
1-unit, detached	22.6%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	23.7%	8.6%
20 or more units	38.8%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Ives Estates	Leisure City
Poverty rate	9.2%	22.9%
Average household size	2.65	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1984	1979