Leonardtown, MD real estate and demographic information

About Leonardtown

Leonardtown is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 2,992 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Leonardtown is the 165th largest community in Maryland.

Housing costs in Leonardtown are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Maryland.

Leonardtown is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.24% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Leonardtown is a town of sales and office workers, professionals and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leonardtown who work in office and administrative support (16.35%), sales jobs (11.84%) and management occupations (11.75%).

Leonardtown is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Leonardtown, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Also of interest is that Leonardtown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Leonardtown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Leonardtown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Leonardtown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Leonardtown, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Leonardtown is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Leonardtown Information and Demographics

The education level of Leonardtown citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.68% of adults in Leonardtown have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Leonardtown in 2010 was $30,186, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,744 for a family of four. However, Leonardtown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Leonardtown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Leonardtown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leonardtown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Leonardtown include English, Irish, German and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Leonardtown is English.