Glen Burnie vs Severna Park

A side-by-side comparison of Glen Burnie and Severna Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glen Burnie has the higher population (72,772 vs 39,499 in Severna Park). Severna Park has the higher median household income ($168,091 vs $88,291 in Glen Burnie). Severna Park has the higher median home value ($633,600 vs $329,200 in Glen Burnie).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Burnie	Severna Park
Population	72,772	39,499
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,291	$168,091
Median home value	$329,200	$633,600
Median gross rent	$1,607	$1,617
Housing units	30,343	14,095
Homeownership rate	64.3%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Burnie	Severna Park
Population	69,872 → 72,772 (+4.2%)	38,188 → 39,499 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$70,769 → $88,291 (+24.8%)	$151,499 → $168,091 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$256,500 → $329,200 (+28.3%)	$546,800 → $633,600 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,607 (+21.7%)	$1,744 → $1,617 (-7.3%)

Glen Burnie

Population

69,87272,772

Median household income

$70,769$88,291

Median home value

$256,500$329,200

Median gross rent

$1,320$1,607

Severna Park

Population

38,18839,499

Median household income

$151,499$168,091

Median home value

$546,800$633,600

Median gross rent

$1,744$1,617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Burnie	Severna Park
Under 5	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Burnie	Severna Park
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	86.1%
Black or African American	24.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Burnie	Severna Park
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Burnie	Severna Park
Drove alone	76.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	21.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Burnie	Severna Park
1-unit, detached	52.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	26.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Burnie	Severna Park
Poverty rate	9.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1974	1978