Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0At 10.5%, unemployment in Leesburg is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Leesburg is behind 84% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Leesburg are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Leesburg; the top destination outside it is Tavares (7%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Leesburg: the gist
Leesburg draws workers from far and wide
The 18,154 jobs in Leesburg are filled from a wide area. Leesburg’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Leesburg is where the jobs are
Leesburg has 18,154 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Leesburg’s commute
The biggest draw, Tavares, gets only 7% of working residents, and 55% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Leesburg residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Leesburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Leesburg is better than 13% of U.S. towns, #600 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Leesburg’s grade up (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Leesburg could be anywhere from D to C−.
Where Leesburg’s workers come from
Where Leesburg clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Leesburg
On a workday 9,202 residents head out to work, 1,747 work right here, and 16,407 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46,000 people are in Leesburg on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The 18,154 jobs based in Leesburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leesburg, 2013 → 2023: 16,225 → 18,154. 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 Leesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Leesburg takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leesburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,430 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far it is to work from Leesburg
About 24% 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.
In Leesburg, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leesburg is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #266 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Leesburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,684 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.1% of Leesburg households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Leesburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Leesburg next to U.S. towns of 27,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Lutz FL | 27,106 | $120K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,096 | Mansfield OH | 47,381 | $45K | 23.5% | 7.3% | 33% | D |
| 1,097 | Huntington WV | 44,815 | $45K | 25.7% | 6.8% | 45% | D |
| 1,098 | Leesburg FL | 38,905 | $53K | 16.4% | 10.5% | 16% | D |
| 1,099 | Richmond IN | 35,376 | $45K | 25.4% | 6.9% | 51% | D |
| 1,100 | Muskogee OK | 36,760 | $50K | 24.1% | 6.7% | 47% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Leesburg, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Leesburg and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Wildwood (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leesburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leesburg | – | D | B+ | 26 min | $52,880 |
| Silver Lake | under 2% | B− | A | 27 min | $78,601 |
| Yalaha | under 2% | A | B+ | 33 min | $121,027 |
| Fruitland Park | 1% | B− | B− | 23 min | $82,656 |
| Wildwood | 4% | C | C+ | 22 min | $76,552 |
| Groveland | under 2% | B+ | C | 35 min | $100,226 |
| Lisbon | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lisbon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leesburg’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 Leesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Leesburg?
$52,880 (±$5,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leesburg?
16.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leesburg?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leesburg work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tavares (7%, 10 mi), Orlando (6%, 39 mi), Wildwood (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leesburg walkable?
Leesburg is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leesburg without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leesburg
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.