California vs Leonardtown

A side-by-side comparison of California and Leonardtown: population, income, housing, and more.

California and Leonardtown are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

California has the higher population (13,223 vs 4,712 in Leonardtown). Leonardtown has the higher median household income ($148,276 vs $112,717 in California). Leonardtown has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $337,900 in California).

Population, income & housing

	California	Leonardtown
Population	13,223	4,712
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,717	$148,276
Median home value	$337,900	$528,100
Median gross rent	$1,805	$1,793
Housing units	5,526	1,791
Homeownership rate	63.6%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California	Leonardtown
Population	14,815 → 13,223 (-10.7%)	3,749 → 4,712 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$84,690 → $112,717 (+33.1%)	$78,891 → $148,276 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$268,700 → $337,900 (+25.8%)	$403,000 → $528,100 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,567 → $1,805 (+15.2%)	$939 → $1,793 (+90.9%)

California

Population

14,81513,223

Median household income

$84,690$112,717

Median home value

$268,700$337,900

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,805

Leonardtown

Population

3,7494,712

Median household income

$78,891$148,276

Median home value

$403,000$528,100

Median gross rent

$939$1,793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California	Leonardtown
Under 5	6.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	25.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	19.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	5.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.5%
75 and over	3.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California	Leonardtown
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	69.7%
Black or African American	22.4%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California	Leonardtown
No high school diploma	3.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	23.5%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California	Leonardtown
Drove alone	78.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	16.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California	Leonardtown
1-unit, detached	71.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	California	Leonardtown
Poverty rate	4.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1994	2011