Overlea vs White Marsh

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

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

Overlea has the higher population (12,430 vs 10,480 in White Marsh). White Marsh has the higher median household income ($123,302 vs $86,296 in Overlea). White Marsh has the higher median home value ($370,100 vs $249,500 in Overlea).

Population, income & housing

	Overlea	White Marsh
Population	12,430	10,480
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,296	$123,302
Median home value	$249,500	$370,100
Median gross rent	$1,315	$1,847
Housing units	5,601	4,253
Homeownership rate	74.5%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Overlea	White Marsh
Population	12,195 → 12,430 (+1.9%)	9,216 → 10,480 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$64,868 → $86,296 (+33.0%)	$92,420 → $123,302 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $249,500 (+23.9%)	$282,100 → $370,100 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,315 (+6.7%)	$1,414 → $1,847 (+30.6%)

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

White Marsh

Population

9,21610,480

Median household income

$92,420$123,302

Median home value

$282,100$370,100

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Overlea	White Marsh
Under 5	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.5%
75 and over	7.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Overlea	White Marsh
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	59.4%
Black or African American	25.0%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Overlea	White Marsh
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Overlea	White Marsh
Drove alone	74.5%	69.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.8%
Public transit	1.3%	1.7%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	20.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Overlea	White Marsh
1-unit, detached	54.8%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	21.4%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	9.1%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Overlea	White Marsh
Poverty rate	8.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1958	1985