Is Leesburg, FL a good place to live?
Data as of September 16, 2026. Figures are aggregates from licensed MLS records, IRS migration files, Zillow indexes, Census income and population, and Citizens Property Insurance; sources are named where they appear.
The short answer, by the numbers
Leesburg homes sold for a median of $282,000 over the last 12 months, -3.4% year over year. Homes take about 71 days to sell and the city holds 5.0 months of supply, which reads as a balanced market. Owning the median home runs about $2,222 a month with taxes and insurance, against a median household income near $69,956 (32.4% of income). Prices sit at 5.2 times local income, a stretch by the usual four-times-income yardstick.
What it costs to live in Leesburg
| Median sale price (12 months) | $282,000 |
| Price per square foot | $160/sq ft |
| Typical monthly cost to own the median home | $2,222 (principal, interest, taxes, insurance) |
| Median household income | $69,956 |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.2x |
| Share of income to own the median home | 32.4% |
| Median property tax bill | $2,284/yr |
| Typical rent (county, Zillow ZORI) | $2,062/mo |
| Citizens Property Insurance average premium (county) | $1,756/yr |
The cost-to-own figure is principal and interest at today’s prevailing 30-year rate with a 20% down payment, plus the county’s median tax bill and a typical insurance premium. Your own number moves with the rate you lock and the home’s flood zone and roof.
How Leesburg home prices have moved
Appreciation has run -2.8% over the last year, +4.2% a year over five years, +6.6% a year over ten. The median went from $156,596 in 2017 to $282,000 over the last 12 months, +80% in 9 years.
| Year | Median sale | Closings | Days on market | $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $156,596 | 889 | 66 | $96 |
| 2018 | $234,100 | 150 | 60 | $150 |
| 2019 | $219,716 | 237 | 65 | $138 |
| 2020 | $242,500 | 46 | 34 | $158 |
| 2021 | $246,099 | 168 | 11 | $145 |
| 2022 | $276,802 | 1,504 | 8 | $166 |
| 2023 | $300,510 | 492 | 31 | $180 |
| 2024 | $301,295 | 1,154 | 49 | $178 |
| 2025 | $285,952 | 1,203 | 62 | $170 |
| 2026 | $275,094 | 1,298 | 71 | $161 |
The Leesburg market right now
| Homes for sale | 311 |
| Under contract | 77 |
| Sold in the last 12 months | 834 |
| Months of supply | 5.0 |
| Sale-to-list price | 93% |
| Listings with a price cut | 29.9% |
| Cash purchases (latest year) | 44% |
| New-construction share of sales | 7% |
What sells here: Single Family Residence 90%, Manufactured Home - Post 1977 4%, Villa 3%.
By price band, where the supply and the waiting are:
| Price band | For sale | Sold, 12 mo | Months of supply | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300K | 212 | 557 | 4.6 | 70 |
| $300K–$500K | 95 | 269 | 4.2 | 64 |
Weather, flood and insurance exposure
Insurance is the line item that surprises people. Citizens, the state-backed insurer of last resort, averages $1,756 a year in Lake County across 3,500 policies. Roof age, wind-mitigation features and flood zone move a quote more than anything else, so price insurance before you write an offer, not after.
Who is moving to Leesburg
IRS county-to-county returns for Lake County show 35,508 people moving in and 22,653 moving out in the latest filing year, a net of +12,855. Out-of-state arrivals came mostly from NY, CA, NJ, TX. Households arriving reported an average adjusted gross income of $80,711 against $59,346 for those leaving. Lake County’s population grew from 335,362 in 2018 to 398,696 (+19%), and median household income rose +35% over the same stretch.
The trade-offs, by the numbers
What the numbers argue for: five-year appreciation of +4.2% a year; 5.0 months of supply (a balanced market); Citizens average premium $1,756 a year; net migration +12,855 people a year into the county; median property tax bill $2,284 a year.
What the numbers argue against: price-to-income of 5.2x (above the four-times rule); 32.4% of median income to own the median home (over the 28% guideline); prices -3.4% over the last year, which favors buyers on price and hurts recent sellers.
None of this describes the people who live here; it describes what it costs to buy in, what you carry each month, and how the market has treated owners. Neighborhood fit is a visit, not a statistic.
Keep researching Leesburg
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- Lake County property tax guide
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Market figures are aggregates as of September 16, 2026 and change over time; no individual sale is shown. General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Equal Housing Opportunity.