Leonardtown vs Wildewood

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

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

Wildewood has the higher population (7,765 vs 4,712 in Leonardtown). Leonardtown has the higher median household income ($148,276 vs $124,247 in Wildewood). Leonardtown has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $363,100 in Wildewood).

Population, income & housing

	Leonardtown	Wildewood
Population	4,712	7,765
Median age	35.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$148,276	$124,247
Median home value	$528,100	$363,100
Median gross rent	$1,793	$2,036
Housing units	1,791	3,340
Homeownership rate	55.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonardtown	Wildewood
Population	3,749 → 4,712 (+25.7%)	6,691 → 7,765 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$78,891 → $148,276 (+88.0%)	$111,333 → $124,247 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$403,000 → $528,100 (+31.0%)	$285,400 → $363,100 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,793 (+90.9%)	$1,643 → $2,036 (+23.9%)

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

Wildewood

Population

6,6917,765

Median household income

$111,333$124,247

Median home value

$285,400$363,100

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leonardtown	Wildewood
Under 5	3.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	14.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	19.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	5.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.2%
75 and over	4.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonardtown	Wildewood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	70.5%
Black or African American	9.6%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonardtown	Wildewood
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	21.2%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonardtown	Wildewood
Drove alone	78.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	17.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonardtown	Wildewood
1-unit, detached	58.7%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	14.2%
20 or more units	19.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leonardtown	Wildewood
Poverty rate	2.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	2011	2005