Leesburg

Population & Demographics

Leesburg, VA

Leesburg is home to 49,171 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 27,288 resident workers commute each day.

VirginiaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
49,171
people
Population

49,171 residents

Median age 36.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Leesburg population & demographics

Who lives in Leesburg — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
49,171
Median age
36.1yrs
Median household income
$145,205
Median home value
$667,800
Median gross rent
$2,105/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
56.7%
Poverty rate
6.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Leesburg

How Leesburg breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White54.1%
Hispanic or Latino20.7%
Asian11.3%
Black8.6%
Two or more races4.7%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Leesburg

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Leesburg.

Leesburg at a glance
Employed Residents
27,288
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
13.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
27.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Reston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Leesburg proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Leesburg commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

56 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Leesburg

27,288 commutes, one dot at a time

Leesburg

Where 27,288 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Leesburg, by worker count.

1Leesburg0.0 mi3,580
2Reston15.1 mi1,411
3Ashburn6.4 mi1,406
4Tysons21.8 mi1,187
5Arlington28.7 mi1,116
6Washington32.0 mi1,015
7Chantilly16.1 mi843
8Broadlands6.6 mi830

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Leesburg.

1Leesburg0.0 mi3,580
2Ashburn6.4 mi1,040
3Sterling10.6 mi459
4Centreville19.3 mi422
5Reston15.1 mi408
6Lansdowne3.9 mi359
7South Riding13.5 mi354
8Purcellville8.6 mi328

Top industries

The sectors that employ Leesburg’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade18.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.8%
PAPublic Administration13.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services13.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.0%
EDEducational Services9.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services2.8%
FIFinance and Insurance2.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Leesburg

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
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FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).