Clear Spring vs Mount Lena

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

Clear Spring and Mount Lena 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 380 in Mount Lena). Clear Spring has the higher median household income ($59,250 vs $43,523 in Mount Lena). Mount Lena has the higher median home value ($228,900 vs $146,300 in Clear Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Clear Spring	Mount Lena
Population	394	380
Median age	33.4 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,250	$43,523
Median home value	$146,300	$228,900
Median gross rent	$1,182	—
Housing units	163	145
Homeownership rate	51.8%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clear Spring	Mount Lena
Population	479 → 394 (-17.7%)	451 → 380 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$51,944 → $59,250 (+14.1%)	$51,625 → $43,523 (-15.7%)
Median home value	$154,000 → $146,300 (-5.0%)	$198,300 → $228,900 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,182 (+41.2%)	—

Clear Spring

Population

479394

Median household income

$51,944$59,250

Median home value

$154,000$146,300

Median gross rent

$837$1,182

Mount Lena

Population

451380

Median household income

$51,625$43,523

Median home value

$198,300$228,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clear Spring	Mount Lena
Under 5	5.6%	12.1%
5 to 17	26.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	7.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	20.5%
75 and over	5.8%	22.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clear Spring	Mount Lena
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clear Spring	Mount Lena
No high school diploma	9.6%	27.2%
High school graduate	51.8%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clear Spring	Mount Lena
Drove alone	84.9%	57.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	13.7%
Public transit	2.1%	7.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clear Spring	Mount Lena
1-unit, detached	52.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clear Spring	Mount Lena
Poverty rate	7.3%	15.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	53
Median year structure built	1938	1976