Clear Spring vs Leitersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Clear Spring and Leitersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clear Spring has the higher population (394 vs 351 in Leitersburg). Leitersburg has the higher median home value ($349,400 vs $146,300 in Clear Spring). Since 2019, Clear Spring's population has grown faster (-17.7% vs -23.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Spring	Leitersburg
Population	394	351
Median age	33.4 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,250	—
Median home value	$146,300	$349,400
Median gross rent	$1,182	—
Housing units	163	207
Homeownership rate	51.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Spring	Leitersburg
Population	479 → 394 (-17.7%)	460 → 351 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$51,944 → $59,250 (+14.1%)	—
Median home value	$154,000 → $146,300 (-5.0%)	$214,400 → $349,400 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,182 (+41.2%)	$1,293 → $1,292 (-0.1%)

Clear Spring

Population

479394

Median household income

$51,944$59,250

Median home value

$154,000$146,300

Median gross rent

$837$1,182

Leitersburg

Population

460351

Median home value

$214,400$349,400

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Spring	Leitersburg
Under 5	5.6%	10.8%
5 to 17	26.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	2.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.4%
75 and over	5.8%	25.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Spring	Leitersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Spring	Leitersburg
No high school diploma	9.6%	35.3%
High school graduate	51.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Spring	Leitersburg
Drove alone	84.9%	86.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Spring	Leitersburg
1-unit, detached	52.1%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Clear Spring	Leitersburg
Poverty rate	7.3%	25.9%
Average household size	2.79	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1938	1991