Owings vs Prince Frederick

A side-by-side comparison of Owings and Prince Frederick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owings has the higher population (2,475 vs 2,404 in Prince Frederick). Owings has the higher median household income ($171,194 vs $78,625 in Prince Frederick). Owings has the higher median home value ($592,900 vs $383,000 in Prince Frederick).

Population, income & housing

	Owings	Prince Frederick
Population	2,475	2,404
Median age	48.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$171,194	$78,625
Median home value	$592,900	$383,000
Median gross rent	—	$819
Housing units	1,011	1,048
Homeownership rate	93.9%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owings	Prince Frederick
Population	2,528 → 2,475 (-2.1%)	2,928 → 2,404 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$163,250 → $171,194 (+4.9%)	$48,464 → $78,625 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$472,800 → $592,900 (+25.4%)	$309,400 → $383,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$801 → $819 (+2.2%)

Owings

Population

2,5282,475

Median household income

$163,250$171,194

Median home value

$472,800$592,900

Prince Frederick

Population

2,9282,404

Median household income

$48,464$78,625

Median home value

$309,400$383,000

Median gross rent

$801$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owings	Prince Frederick
Under 5	5.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	19.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	23.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.2%
75 and over	6.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owings	Prince Frederick
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	51.0%
Black or African American	11.8%	28.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owings	Prince Frederick
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	17.7%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owings	Prince Frederick
Drove alone	78.1%	62.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	15.3%
Public transit	4.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.7%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owings	Prince Frederick
1-unit, detached	95.1%	23.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	38.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Owings	Prince Frederick
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	47
Median year structure built	1999	2002