Leonardtown is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 4,974 people and two associated neighborhoods, Leonardtown is the 130th largest community in Maryland. Much of the housing stock in Leonardtown was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Leonardtown economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Leonardtown, where the median household income is $138,295.00. 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 neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Leonardtown is a town of professionals, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leonardtown who work in architecture and engineering (22.83%), business and financial occupations (9.24%), and computer science and math (8.29%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Leonardtown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.93% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Leonardtown is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Leonardtown ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Leonardtown, 45.04% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Leonardtown in 2022 was $46,508, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $186,032 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. Leonardtown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.08% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Leonardtown include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Leonardtown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
