Mount Lena vs San Mar

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

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

San Mar has the higher population (433 vs 380 in Mount Lena). San Mar has the higher median household income ($88,056 vs $43,523 in Mount Lena). San Mar has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $228,900 in Mount Lena).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Lena	San Mar
Population	380	433
Median age	55.1 yrs	66.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,523	$88,056
Median home value	$228,900	$259,600
Median gross rent	—	$618
Housing units	145	166
Homeownership rate	89.7%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	32.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Lena	San Mar
Population	451 → 380 (-15.7%)	333 → 433 (+30.0%)
Median household income	$51,625 → $43,523 (-15.7%)	$48,958 → $88,056 (+79.9%)
Median home value	$198,300 → $228,900 (+15.4%)	$236,600 → $259,600 (+9.7%)

Mount Lena

Population

451380

Median household income

$51,625$43,523

Median home value

$198,300$228,900

San Mar

Population

333433

Median household income

$48,958$88,056

Median home value

$236,600$259,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Lena	San Mar
Under 5	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	2.3%
18 to 24	1.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	6.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	0.2%
55 to 64	7.6%	20.1%
65 to 74	20.5%	13.4%
75 and over	22.6%	45.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Lena	San Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Lena	San Mar
No high school diploma	27.2%	10.3%
High school graduate	44.8%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Lena	San Mar
Drove alone	57.6%	57.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	42.1%
Public transit	7.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Lena	San Mar
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Lena	San Mar
Poverty rate	15.5%	20.8%
Average household size	2.62	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	53	—
Median year structure built	1976	1975