Leonardtown vs Mechanicsville

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

Leonardtown and Mechanicsville 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 1,521 in Mechanicsville). Leonardtown has the higher median household income ($148,276 vs $115,556 in Mechanicsville). Leonardtown has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $425,500 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Leonardtown	Mechanicsville
Population	4,712	1,521
Median age	35.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$148,276	$115,556
Median home value	$528,100	$425,500
Median gross rent	$1,793	$1,450
Housing units	1,791	566
Homeownership rate	55.7%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonardtown	Mechanicsville
Population	3,749 → 4,712 (+25.7%)	1,765 → 1,521 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$78,891 → $148,276 (+88.0%)	$132,000 → $115,556 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$403,000 → $528,100 (+31.0%)	$355,200 → $425,500 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,793 (+90.9%)	$1,054 → $1,450 (+37.6%)

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

Mechanicsville

Population

1,7651,521

Median household income

$132,000$115,556

Median home value

$355,200$425,500

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leonardtown	Mechanicsville
Under 5	3.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	25.5%	28.9%
18 to 24	14.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.8%	3.2%
35 to 44	19.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	5.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.2%
75 and over	4.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonardtown	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	9.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonardtown	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	21.2%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonardtown	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	78.8%	84.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.8%	6.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonardtown	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	58.7%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Leonardtown	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	43
Median year structure built	2011	1993