Cedar Park vs Leander

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Park and Leander: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Park and Leander are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Park has the higher population (77,474 vs 67,880 in Leander). Leander has the higher median household income ($140,180 vs $123,972 in Cedar Park). Cedar Park has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $470,700 in Leander).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Park	Leander
Population	77,474	67,880
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$123,972	$140,180
Median home value	$474,800	$470,700
Median gross rent	$1,753	$1,865
Housing units	29,220	24,154
Homeownership rate	67.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Park	Leander
Population	74,814 → 77,474 (+3.6%)	53,716 → 67,880 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$104,019 → $123,972 (+19.2%)	$101,872 → $140,180 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$301,600 → $474,800 (+57.4%)	$263,400 → $470,700 (+78.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,753 (+24.5%)	$1,511 → $1,865 (+23.4%)

Cedar Park

Population

74,81477,474

Median household income

$104,019$123,972

Median home value

$301,600$474,800

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,753

Leander

Population

53,71667,880

Median household income

$101,872$140,180

Median home value

$263,400$470,700

Median gross rent

$1,511$1,865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Park	Leander
Under 5	5.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	19.8%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	5.6%
75 and over	4.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Park	Leander
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	53.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Park	Leander
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	15.8%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Park	Leander
Drove alone	60.6%	61.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.6%	1.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.8%	27.8%
Other means	2.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Park	Leander
1-unit, detached	72.8%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	5.4%
20 or more units	12.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Park	Leander
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	2004	2012