Work & commute · Leesburg

Work & commute in Leesburg, FL

Most working residents leave Leesburg for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Tavares (7%), Orlando (6%) and Wildwood (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,747 of 10,949 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,202 Leesburg residents head out of town to work, 1,747 work right here, and 16,407 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leesburg.

9,202live here, work elsewhere

1,747live and work here

16,407work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leesburg goes to work

Leesburg (in town)right here

16%1,747

Tavares9.5 mi away

7%754

Orlando39.1 mi away

6%658

Wildwood8.8 mi away

4%425

The Villages13.7 mi away

3%345

Lady Lake14.1 mi away

2%264

Tampa62.4 mi away

2%226

Jacksonville112.8 mi away

2%213

Eustis16.8 mi away

2%167

Fruitland Park9.4 mi away

1%156

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%5,994

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Leesburg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

17%

26%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leesburg is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leesburg are

18,154 jobs are based in Leesburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leesburg

18,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Leesburg residents hold

10,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+12%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.