Odenton vs Severna Park

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

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

Odenton has the higher population (45,585 vs 39,499 in Severna Park). Severna Park has the higher median household income ($168,091 vs $126,455 in Odenton). Severna Park has the higher median home value ($633,600 vs $408,400 in Odenton).

Population, income & housing

	Odenton	Severna Park
Population	45,585	39,499
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$126,455	$168,091
Median home value	$408,400	$633,600
Median gross rent	$2,174	$1,617
Housing units	18,686	14,095
Homeownership rate	64.9%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Odenton	Severna Park
Population	41,846 → 45,585 (+8.9%)	38,188 → 39,499 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$99,601 → $126,455 (+27.0%)	$151,499 → $168,091 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$323,500 → $408,400 (+26.2%)	$546,800 → $633,600 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,837 → $2,174 (+18.3%)	$1,744 → $1,617 (-7.3%)

Odenton

Population

41,84645,585

Median household income

$99,601$126,455

Median home value

$323,500$408,400

Median gross rent

$1,837$2,174

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)

	Odenton	Severna Park
Under 5	4.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.6%
75 and over	5.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Odenton	Severna Park
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	26.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	9.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Odenton	Severna Park
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	17.5%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Odenton	Severna Park
Drove alone	70.3%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.9%
Public transit	3.3%	0.7%
Walked	1.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.8%	21.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Odenton	Severna Park
1-unit, detached	30.4%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	36.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	13.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Odenton	Severna Park
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1998	1978