Leonardtown vs Lexington Park

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

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

Lexington Park has the higher population (13,419 vs 4,712 in Leonardtown). Leonardtown has the higher median household income ($148,276 vs $89,167 in Lexington Park). Leonardtown has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $294,500 in Lexington Park).

Population, income & housing

	Leonardtown	Lexington Park
Population	4,712	13,419
Median age	35.0 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$148,276	$89,167
Median home value	$528,100	$294,500
Median gross rent	$1,793	$1,693
Housing units	1,791	6,257
Homeownership rate	55.7%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonardtown	Lexington Park
Population	3,749 → 4,712 (+25.7%)	11,082 → 13,419 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$78,891 → $148,276 (+88.0%)	$74,598 → $89,167 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$403,000 → $528,100 (+31.0%)	$203,200 → $294,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,793 (+90.9%)	$1,528 → $1,693 (+10.8%)

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

Lexington Park

Population

11,08213,419

Median household income

$74,598$89,167

Median home value

$203,200$294,500

Median gross rent

$1,528$1,693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leonardtown	Lexington Park
Under 5	3.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	25.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	14.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	25.6%
35 to 44	19.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	5.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	4.2%
75 and over	4.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonardtown	Lexington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	51.7%
Black or African American	9.6%	34.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonardtown	Lexington Park
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	21.2%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonardtown	Lexington Park
Drove alone	78.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.8%	12.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonardtown	Lexington Park
1-unit, detached	58.7%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	16.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	20.6%
20 or more units	19.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Leonardtown	Lexington Park
Poverty rate	2.6%	13.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	2011	1991