Leonardtown vs Piney Point

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

Leonardtown and Piney Point 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 1,171 in Piney Point). Leonardtown has the higher median household income ($148,276 vs $114,271 in Piney Point). Leonardtown has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $343,300 in Piney Point).

Population, income & housing

	Leonardtown	Piney Point
Population	4,712	1,171
Median age	35.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$148,276	$114,271
Median home value	$528,100	$343,300
Median gross rent	$1,793	$1,645
Housing units	1,791	509
Homeownership rate	55.7%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonardtown	Piney Point
Population	3,749 → 4,712 (+25.7%)	794 → 1,171 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$78,891 → $148,276 (+88.0%)	$112,625 → $114,271 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$403,000 → $528,100 (+31.0%)	$357,400 → $343,300 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,793 (+90.9%)	$1,500 → $1,645 (+9.7%)

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

Piney Point

Population

7941,171

Median household income

$112,625$114,271

Median home value

$357,400$343,300

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leonardtown	Piney Point
Under 5	3.2%	9.5%
5 to 17	25.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	14.6%	0.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	22.0%
35 to 44	19.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	5.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	5.5%	20.2%
75 and over	4.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonardtown	Piney Point
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	77.7%
Black or African American	9.6%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonardtown	Piney Point
No high school diploma	11.4%	20.2%
High school graduate	21.2%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonardtown	Piney Point
Drove alone	78.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	18.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonardtown	Piney Point
1-unit, detached	58.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Leonardtown	Piney Point
Poverty rate	2.6%	0.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2011	1980