Leitersburg vs Mount Lena

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

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

Mount Lena has the higher population (380 vs 351 in Leitersburg). Leitersburg has the higher median home value ($349,400 vs $228,900 in Mount Lena). Since 2019, Mount Lena's population has grown faster (-15.7% vs -23.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Leitersburg	Mount Lena
Population	351	380
Median age	50.2 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,523
Median home value	$349,400	$228,900
Housing units	207	145
Homeownership rate	82.5%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leitersburg	Mount Lena
Population	460 → 351 (-23.7%)	451 → 380 (-15.7%)
Median household income	—	$51,625 → $43,523 (-15.7%)
Median home value	$214,400 → $349,400 (+63.0%)	$198,300 → $228,900 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $1,292 (-0.1%)	—

Leitersburg

Population

460351

Median home value

$214,400$349,400

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,292

Mount Lena

Population

451380

Median household income

$51,625$43,523

Median home value

$198,300$228,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leitersburg	Mount Lena
Under 5	10.8%	12.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	6.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	2.3%	7.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	20.5%
75 and over	25.1%	22.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leitersburg	Mount Lena
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leitersburg	Mount Lena
No high school diploma	35.3%	27.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leitersburg	Mount Lena
Drove alone	86.7%	57.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	7.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leitersburg	Mount Lena
1-unit, detached	89.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leitersburg	Mount Lena
Poverty rate	25.9%	15.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	53
Median year structure built	1991	1976