Leisure City is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of, of which, is land and is water. Leisure City borders the communities of Naranja, Homestead and Redland.
Demographics
At the 2000 census, there were 22,152 people, 6,063 households and 5,044 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 6,490.0 per square mile. There were 6,615 housing units at an average density of 1,938.0/sq mi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 65.03% White 18.00% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.84% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 11.42% from other races, and 4.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 65.30% of the population. There were 6,063 households of which 50.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.7% were married couplesliving together, 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.8% were non-families. 12.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.65 and the average family size was 3.94. 36.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males. The median household income was $29,091 and the median family income was $29,277. Males had a median income of $22,320 and females $18,619. The per capita income was $9,966. About 22.4% of families and 25.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.3% of those under age 18 and 18.3% of those age 65 or over. In 2000, speakers of Spanish as a first language accounted for 64.83% of residents, while English made up 31.02%, French Creole was at 4.01%, and Tagalog was the mother tongue of 0.12% of the population. In 2000, Leisure City had the twenty-ninth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 17.15% of the population. It had the 100th highest percentage of Puerto Rican residents in the US, at 8.85%, and the forty-fifth highest percentage of Haitian residents in the US, at 3.60% It also had the thirty-first most Nicaraguans in the US, at 1.37%, while it had the 103rd highest percentage of Guatemalans, at 1.07%.
