2024 Compare Cities Economy:
The Villages, FL vs Leesburg, FL

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- Household income in Leesburg, is 44% less than it is in The Villages and is 85% below the National Average.
- The Villages unemployment rate is 6.6%.
- Leesburg unemployment rate is 5.3%.
 The Villages, FLLeesburg, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.6%5.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.4%3.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth42.9%51.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$48,988$23,114$37,638
 Household Income$67,239$37,350$69,021
 Family Median Income$81,589$55,000$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 The Villages, FLLeesburg, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K5.2%16.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.1%6.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.6%16.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.5%12.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.2%7.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.6%9.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.5%7.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K16.5%8.2%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K16.8%9.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.7%3.2%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K4.2%1.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 The Villages, FLLeesburg, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance17.0%13.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.1%2.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.7%1.0%1.8%
 Legal0.9%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library5.6%1.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.2%2.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.3%4.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.1%5.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.6%1.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving3.0%9.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.1%6.6%3.6%
 Personal care9.0%2.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support29.8%23.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%3.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.3%9.4%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving5.4%12.8%13.1%
Reviews for The Villages    10 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

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Over 3 years ago

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

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Henry · 
Over 4 years ago

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More

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Reviews for Leesburg    4 Reviews

My city sits between Lakes Harris and Griffin as part of the St. John's river system it helped the city grow.Now we rest between the two top growing communitys in  More

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Due to poor wages for the working class most people have to work two jobs this includes both husband and wife therefore children lack supervision so the crime rate is  More

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Nice little town surrounded by lakes. Great if you are retired as the majority of the population is 60+. This is largely driven by The Villages (largest retirement  More

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