Lacoochee vs St. Leo

A side-by-side comparison of Lacoochee and St. Leo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Leo has the higher population (2,523 vs 1,445 in Lacoochee). St. Leo has the higher median household income ($83,603 vs $62,321 in Lacoochee). St. Leo has the higher median home value ($442,900 vs $101,300 in Lacoochee).

Population, income & housing

	Lacoochee	St. Leo
Population	1,445	2,523
Median age	26.8 yrs	20.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,321	$83,603
Median home value	$101,300	$442,900
Median gross rent	$888	—
Housing units	320	245
Homeownership rate	47.5%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	49.3%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacoochee	St. Leo
Population	1,485 → 1,445 (-2.7%)	1,218 → 2,523 (+107.1%)
Median household income	$20,474 → $62,321 (+204.4%)	$51,250 → $83,603 (+63.1%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $101,300 (+111.5%)	$250,000 → $442,900 (+77.2%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $888 (+31.0%)	—

Lacoochee

Population

1,4851,445

Median household income

$20,474$62,321

Median home value

$47,900$101,300

Median gross rent

$678$888

St. Leo

Population

1,2182,523

Median household income

$51,250$83,603

Median home value

$250,000$442,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacoochee	St. Leo
Under 5	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.3%	7.1%
18 to 24	28.0%	69.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	1.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	23.9%	0.4%
55 to 64	7.5%	4.0%
65 to 74	4.2%	5.4%
75 and over	1.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacoochee	St. Leo
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	52.8%
Black or African American	8.6%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacoochee	St. Leo
No high school diploma	19.2%	1.0%
High school graduate	61.0%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	7.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacoochee	St. Leo
Drove alone	97.5%	64.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.4%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacoochee	St. Leo
1-unit, detached	27.8%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	54.7%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Lacoochee	St. Leo
Poverty rate	11.2%	4.0%
Average household size	4.87	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1969	1980