Ashburn vs Leesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Ashburn and Leesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashburn and Leesburg are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leesburg has the higher population (48,788 vs 45,551 in Ashburn). Ashburn has the higher median household income ($152,094 vs $140,668 in Leesburg). Ashburn has the higher median home value ($659,000 vs $617,700 in Leesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ashburn	Leesburg
Population	45,551	48,788
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$152,094	$140,668
Median home value	$659,000	$617,700
Median gross rent	$2,397	$1,980
Housing units	17,737	17,252
Homeownership rate	68.5%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashburn	Leesburg
Population	49,848 → 45,551 (-8.6%)	52,994 → 48,788 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$132,331 → $152,094 (+14.9%)	$114,444 → $140,668 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$493,400 → $659,000 (+33.6%)	$434,300 → $617,700 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,897 → $2,397 (+26.4%)	$1,624 → $1,980 (+21.9%)

Ashburn

Population

49,84845,551

Median household income

$132,331$152,094

Median home value

$493,400$659,000

Median gross rent

$1,897$2,397

Leesburg

Population

52,99448,788

Median household income

$114,444$140,668

Median home value

$434,300$617,700

Median gross rent

$1,624$1,980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashburn	Leesburg
Under 5	5.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.8%
75 and over	9.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashburn	Leesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	56.0%
Black or African American	8.0%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	21.5%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashburn	Leesburg
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	10.3%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashburn	Leesburg
Drove alone	63.6%	64.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.1%
Public transit	2.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.8%	25.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashburn	Leesburg
1-unit, detached	37.3%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	31.3%	30.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	20.8%
20 or more units	17.8%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashburn	Leesburg
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1999	1993