Barton vs Potomac Park

A side-by-side comparison of Barton and Potomac Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Barton and Potomac Park are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Potomac Park has the higher population (974 vs 761 in Barton). Barton has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $49,330 in Potomac Park). Potomac Park has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $86,100 in Barton).

Population, income & housing

	Barton	Potomac Park
Population	761	974
Median age	35.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$49,330
Median home value	$86,100	$122,600
Median gross rent	$917	$943
Housing units	285	453
Homeownership rate	84.1%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton	Potomac Park
Population	441 → 761 (+72.6%)	818 → 974 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $54,063 (+15.8%)	$46,625 → $49,330 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $86,100 (+6.8%)	$101,000 → $122,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $917 (+24.3%)	$728 → $943 (+29.5%)

Barton

Population

441761

Median household income

$46,667$54,063

Median home value

$80,600$86,100

Median gross rent

$738$917

Potomac Park

Population

818974

Median household income

$46,625$49,330

Median home value

$101,000$122,600

Median gross rent

$728$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton	Potomac Park
Under 5	5.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	5.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.0%
75 and over	10.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton	Potomac Park
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton	Potomac Park
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	54.5%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton	Potomac Park
Drove alone	73.4%	88.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	2.2%
Other means	10.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton	Potomac Park
1-unit, detached	74.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barton	Potomac Park
Poverty rate	10.1%	11.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1946	1957