Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0Living in Leesburg, FL: what to set up and who to call
Leesburg runs its own electric utility, City of Leesburg; its homes paid 13.6¢ per kWh in 2025. Uf Health Leesburg Hospital, 6.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Leesburg, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Leesburg.
Power comes from City of Leesburg
City of Leesburg (City of Leesburg - (FL)), a municipal utility, serves 91.0% of Leesburg residents. Its homes paid an average of 13.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $132 a month (its average across Florida).
Start or move service: leesburgflorida.gov · (352) 728-9830
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Leesburg water system
The City of Leesburg water system supplies almost all of Leesburg. It draws ground water and serves 46,921 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. FL3350745.
9 home internet providers serve Leesburg
97% of 13,431 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 34% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 84% | 2,000/250 |
| Quantum Fiber | Fiber | 24% | 2,000/1,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 22% | 1,000/35 |
| Centric Fiber | Fiber | 21% | 1,000/1,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL, Fiber | 20% | 80/10 |
| Summit Broadband | Fiber | 4% | 2,000/2,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Leesburg
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Leesburg, from the town’s own site.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Newspaper
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Telephone books
- Catalogues
- Office paper
- Brown paper
- Aluminum cans
- Aerosol cans
- Milk and juice cartons
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check leesburgflorida.gov →
From leesburgflorida.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Leesburg is in Lake County School District.
BSchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jan 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Leesburg spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Leesburg residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Leesburg | ZIP’s residents in Leesburg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34748 | Leesburg, FL | 95% | 57% |
| 34788 | Leesburg, FL | 4% | 6% |
A few homes fall in 34762, 34736. 34749, 34789 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Leesburg
Who supplies Leesburg’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Leesburg water system (EPA ID FL3350745). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.8 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Leesburg?
City of Leesburg (City of Leesburg - (FL)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 13.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Leesburg?
Xfinity, Quantum Fiber, Spectrum, Centric Fiber, CenturyLink, Summit Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Leesburg?
34748 (95%), 34788 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Leesburg in?
Lake County School District.
How do I register to vote in Leesburg?
In Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Lake Supervisor of Elections. Check your registration at registration.elections.myflorida.com.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Leesburg’s own website (leesburgflorida.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.