Leesburg is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 601 people and two associated neighborhoods, Leesburg is the 496th largest community in New Jersey.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Leesburg is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 56.90% of the Leesburg workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Leesburg is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leesburg who work in office and administrative support (17.24%), business and financial occupations (12.07%), and personal care services (8.05%). A relatively large number of people in Leesburg telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 36.36% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Leesburg has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Leesburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Leesburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Leesburg may be for you. Leesburg is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Leesburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.30 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small town, Leesburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Leesburg who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.35% of the adults in Leesburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Leesburg in 2022 was $225,482, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $901,928 for a family of four. However, Leesburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Leesburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leesburg residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Leesburg include German, Italian, Irish, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Leesburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Other Asian languages.
