Marydel vs Preston

A side-by-side comparison of Marydel and Preston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Preston has the higher population (794 vs 136 in Marydel). Preston has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $45,833 in Marydel). Preston has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $195,000 in Marydel).

Population, income & housing

	Marydel	Preston
Population	136	794
Median age	25.4 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,833	$69,375
Median home value	$195,000	$248,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,406
Housing units	43	308
Homeownership rate	82.4%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marydel	Preston
Population	328 → 136 (-58.5%)	735 → 794 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$53,000 → $45,833 (-13.5%)	$65,833 → $69,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $195,000 (+38.7%)	$211,000 → $248,100 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,500 (+9.8%)	$1,018 → $1,406 (+38.1%)

Marydel

Population

328136

Median household income

$53,000$45,833

Median home value

$140,600$195,000

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,500

Preston

Population

735794

Median household income

$65,833$69,375

Median home value

$211,000$248,100

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,406

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marydel	Preston
Under 5	21.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	15.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	19.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	20.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	0.7%	8.3%
75 and over	6.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marydel	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	84.5%
Black or African American	9.6%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	62.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marydel	Preston
No high school diploma	22.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	34.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marydel	Preston
Drove alone	56.4%	68.7%
Carpooled	30.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marydel	Preston
1-unit, detached	88.4%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marydel	Preston
Poverty rate	9.6%	4.2%
Average household size	4.00	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	37	23
Median year structure built	1938	1959