Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Leesburg, VA

48,788 Population
12.6 square miles 3,876.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

35.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$59,682 ±$3,499 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $62,026 ±$306
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$140,668 ±$7,976 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $123,896 ±$689
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

7.6% ±2.5% (3,683  ±1,186) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 484,187 (±0.2% / ±11,542)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

26.9 minutes ±0.9 (556,855  ±37,711) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33 84,854,504 (±0.1 / ±452,475)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

16,767 ±516 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,350,158 ±4,553
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.9 ±0.1 (48,507  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,167,808 (±0 / ±502)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

6% ±2% (755  ±250) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,397 (±0.1% / ±2,039)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

17,252 ±542 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,483,270 ±835
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$617,700 ±$18,250 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $553,000 ±$2,118
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

11.4% ±2% (5,479  ±932.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.7% 849,588 (±0.2% / ±11,175.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

93% ±3.6% (29,979  ±1,445.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.5% 3,938,689 (±0.4% / ±16,678.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
56.2% ±2.7% (18,112  ±1,031.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53.8% 2,314,689 (±0.3% / ±12,424.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20% ±2.4% (9,767  ±1,160) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24% 1,501,590
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

6.4% ±1.1% (2,304  ±403) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.4% 352,853 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
2,304 Total veterans ±403 1,979 Male ±358 325 Female ±150

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.