Overlea vs Rossville

A side-by-side comparison of Overlea and Rossville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rossville has the higher population (15,088 vs 12,430 in Overlea). Rossville has the higher median household income ($91,469 vs $86,296 in Overlea). Rossville has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $249,500 in Overlea).

Population, income & housing

	Overlea	Rossville
Population	12,430	15,088
Median age	42.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,296	$91,469
Median home value	$249,500	$296,600
Median gross rent	$1,315	$1,465
Housing units	5,601	6,913
Homeownership rate	74.5%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Overlea	Rossville
Population	12,195 → 12,430 (+1.9%)	15,127 → 15,088 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$64,868 → $86,296 (+33.0%)	$66,522 → $91,469 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $249,500 (+23.9%)	$221,400 → $296,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,315 (+6.7%)	$1,233 → $1,465 (+18.8%)

Overlea

Population

12,19512,430

Median household income

$64,868$86,296

Median home value

$201,400$249,500

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,315

Rossville

Population

15,12715,088

Median household income

$66,522$91,469

Median home value

$221,400$296,600

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,465

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Overlea	Rossville
Under 5	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	8.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	19.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.7%
75 and over	7.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Overlea	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	37.3%
Black or African American	25.0%	44.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	5.6%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Overlea	Rossville
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Overlea	Rossville
Drove alone	74.5%	67.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.6%
Public transit	1.3%	3.7%
Walked	1.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	7.4%
Other means	1.7%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Overlea	Rossville
1-unit, detached	54.8%	28.5%
1-unit, attached	21.4%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	39.8%
20 or more units	9.1%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Overlea	Rossville
Poverty rate	8.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1958	1990