Golden Beach vs Leonardtown

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

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

Leonardtown has the higher population (4,712 vs 3,953 in Golden Beach). Leonardtown has the higher median household income ($148,276 vs $140,313 in Golden Beach). Leonardtown has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $376,200 in Golden Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Beach	Leonardtown
Population	3,953	4,712
Median age	34.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,313	$148,276
Median home value	$376,200	$528,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,793
Housing units	1,343	1,791
Homeownership rate	97.5%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Beach	Leonardtown
Population	3,060 → 3,953 (+29.2%)	3,749 → 4,712 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$85,843 → $140,313 (+63.5%)	$78,891 → $148,276 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$283,600 → $376,200 (+32.7%)	$403,000 → $528,100 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,943 (+3.9%)	$939 → $1,793 (+90.9%)

Golden Beach

Population

3,0603,953

Median household income

$85,843$140,313

Median home value

$283,600$376,200

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,943

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)

	Golden Beach	Leonardtown
Under 5	10.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	25.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	14.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	18.7%	19.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	7.8%	5.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.5%
75 and over	3.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Beach	Leonardtown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	69.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Beach	Leonardtown
No high school diploma	4.4%	11.4%
High school graduate	27.6%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Beach	Leonardtown
Drove alone	73.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Beach	Leonardtown
1-unit, detached	98.4%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Golden Beach	Leonardtown
Poverty rate	2.3%	2.6%
Average household size	3.20	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	45	27
Median year structure built	1978	2011