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34788

Leesburg, FL · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
22,137
Median household income
$54,147
People below poverty
11%
Median home value
$169,800

Income

The median income of households in 34788 was $54,147. An estimated 6% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 4.9% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 6
$10,000 to $14,999 2.8
$15,000 to $24,999 7.5
$25,000 to $34,999 11.3
$35,000 to $49,999 17.4
$50,000 to $74,999 19
$75,000 to $99,999 15.3
$100,000 to $149,999 11.4
$150,000 to $199,999 4.5
$200,000 or more 4.9

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 58352
Female 40819

An estimated 57.4% of households received earnings. An estimated 55% of households received Social Security and an estimated 37.4 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $25,376. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 57.4
Social Security 55
Retirement income 37.4
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 4.1
Cash public assistance income 1.1

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 11 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 8.9% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 12.1% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 11% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 11
Children under 18 years below poverty 8.9
People 65 years old and over below poverty 12.1
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 11

In 2020-2024, 9.5 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 44.1% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 44.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 17.4% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 34788 in 2020-2024, 90.5% had health insurance coverage and 9.5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 59.5% and public coverage was 54.7%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 6.3%.


In 2020-2024, 34788 had a total population of 22,137 - 11,178 (50.5%) females and 10,959 (49.5%) males. The median age was 56.4 years. An estimated 16.5% of the population was under 18 years, 20% was 19 to 44 years, 26.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 35.6 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 34788 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 714 567
5 to 9 434 341
10 to 14 557 412
15 to 19 304 613
20 to 24 564 397
25 to 29 367 673
30 to 34 462 197
35 to 39 425 470
40 to 44 402 473
45 to 49 478 269
50 to 54 695 656
55 to 59 636 1218
60 to 64 1053 885
65 to 69 1150 1229
70 to 74 834 1055
75 to 79 884 821
80 to 84 485 553
85 and over 515 349

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 81.8% were White; 4.5% were Black or African American; 9.8% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 1.8% were Asian; 1.5% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 7.3% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 9.4% of the people in 34788 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 79.8% of the people in 34788 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 9,522 households in 34788. The average household size was 2.32 people.

Married-couple households made up 50.5% of the households in 34788 while cohabiting couple households made up 7.8% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 24% of all households, while 17.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 13.6% of households were male householders living alone, and 16.5% were female householders living alone, for a total of 30.1% of all households.

In 34788, 17.7% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 57.9% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 50.5
Cohabiting Couples 7.8
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
17.7
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
24

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 54.4% of males and 52.1% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 25.2 21.5
Now married, except separated 54.4 52.1
Separated 0.7 0.7
Widowed 4.8 11
Divorced 14.8 14.7

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 34788, 554 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 35.6% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 93.2% of the people living in 34788 were U.S. natives. 33.6% of the 34788 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 6.8% of 34788 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 65.2% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 76.4 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 34788 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 34788.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 43.3
Asia 22.1
Europe 18
Africa 0
Northern America 16.6
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 34788 in 2020-2024, 10.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 7.7% of people at least five years old; 3.2% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 7.7
Other Indo-European languages 1.7
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 1.2
Other languages 0.1

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 88 % of the people at least one year old living in 34788 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 88
Different house, same county 5.2
Different county, same state 3
Different state 3.4
Abroad 0.4

Education

In 2020-2024, 91.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 18% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 8.4% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 34788 was 2,907 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 173 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 2,299. College or graduate school enrollment was 435.

Educational Attainment of People in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 8.4
High school diploma or equivalency 39.6
Some college, no degree 23
Associate's degree 10.9
Bachelor's degree 12.6
Graduate or professional degree 5.5

Disability

In 34788, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 18.6 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1.8% of people under 18 years old, to 13.9% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 32.7% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 34788, 43.3 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 53.6% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 85.8% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 7.5% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 6.4 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 7,051 85.8
Federal, state, or local government workers 615 7.5
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 524 6.4

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 34788 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 2
Construction 13.3
Manufacturing 6.9
Wholesale trade 1.8
Retail trade 12.8
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 3.7
Information 1.2
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 5.3
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 13.5
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 15.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 10.5
Other Services, except public administration 12.1
Public administration 1.6

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 34788 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 2,246 27.3
Service occupations 1,695 20.6
Sales and office occupations 2,281 27.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 1,028 12.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 970 11.8

Commuting to Work

An estimated 72.2% of 34788 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 7.9% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 30.5 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 72.2
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 7.9
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 1.1
Other means 3.2
Worked from home 15.7

In 2020-2024, 34788 had a total of 11,190 housing units. Of these housing units, 44.2% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 4% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 51.1% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 44.2
Apartments in multi-unit structures 4
Mobile homes 51.1
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.7

7.8% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 0% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 34788 was 5.2 rooms, and of these housing units 46.3% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 34788 had 9,522 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,668 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 83.8% while renters occupied 16.2%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.3 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.43.

6.3% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 3.8% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 3.6% and another 14.2% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 34788:

House Heating Fuel Used in 34788 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 9.9
Electricity 87.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0
All other fuels 1.1
No fuel used 1.6

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 34788 was $169,800.

Of the owner-occupied households, 34.7 % had a mortgage. 65.3% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,628 and for owners without a mortgage it was $605.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 34788 was $1,438. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.