Photo: The College of Central Florida · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Lecanto earn less than those in 80% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Lecanto itself; outside it, Inverness draws the most (13%, 10 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.8% of residents, next to 12.6% across Florida. For jobs and income Lecanto is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lecanto: the figures worth knowing
The figures behind Lecanto’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Lecanto’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($56,215, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lecanto could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How far Lecanto goes to work
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Lecanto
On a workday 1,902 residents head out to work, 115 work right here, and 2,683 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Lecanto on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Lecanto ends
Where Lecanto clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Lecanto’s 2,798 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lecanto, 2013 → 2023: 3,387 → 2,798. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lecanto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lecanto takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lecanto workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,179 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute in Lecanto is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,633 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Lecanto households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lecanto’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lecanto is 2,041st of 3,083 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,039 | Dover NY | 8,419 | $92K | 11.4% | 5.9% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,040 | Edgemoor DE | 6,349 | $59K | 17.5% | 4.5% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,041 | Lecanto FL | 7,398 | $56K | 5.8% | 4.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,042 | Boiling Spring Lakes NC | 6,875 | $63K | 8.5% | 3.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,043 | Aransas Pass TX | 8,842 | $63K | 14.8% | 3.9% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lecanto, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Lecanto and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Homosassa Springs (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lecanto workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecanto | – | C+ | C+ | 30 min | $56,215 |
| Homosassa Springs | 3% | D | C− | 25 min | $48,049 |
| Citrus Hills | under 2% | B+ | C | 21 min | $85,837 |
| Pine Ridge | under 2% | C | B− | 24 min | $71,014 |
| Sugarmill Woods | under 2% | C | C− | 28 min | $71,426 |
| Black Diamond | under 2% | B | C | — | $96,305 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lecanto’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lecanto: questions
What is the median household income in Lecanto?
$56,215 (±$32,154) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lecanto?
5.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lecanto?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lecanto work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Inverness (13%, 10 mi), Ocala (5%, 32 mi), Crystal River (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lecanto walkable?
Lecanto is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lecanto without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lecanto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lecanto
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.