Bryantown vs Potomac Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Bryantown and Potomac Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Potomac Heights has the higher population (1,102 vs 359 in Bryantown). Bryantown has the higher median household income ($113,580 vs $68,831 in Potomac Heights). Bryantown has the higher median home value ($499,000 vs $87,900 in Potomac Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bryantown	Potomac Heights
Population	359	1,102
Median age	52.2 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,580	$68,831
Median home value	$499,000	$87,900
Housing units	159	635
Homeownership rate	86.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryantown	Potomac Heights
Population	637 → 359 (-43.6%)	1,289 → 1,102 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$96,625 → $113,580 (+17.5%)	$62,639 → $68,831 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$414,300 → $499,000 (+20.4%)	$66,800 → $87,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,097 → $1,078 (-1.7%)

Bryantown

Population

637359

Median household income

$96,625$113,580

Median home value

$414,300$499,000

Potomac Heights

Population

1,2891,102

Median household income

$62,639$68,831

Median home value

$66,800$87,900

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bryantown	Potomac Heights
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	34.0%	22.7%
55 to 64	2.2%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.6%
75 and over	19.8%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryantown	Potomac Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	78.9%
Black or African American	40.4%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryantown	Potomac Heights
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	6.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryantown	Potomac Heights
Drove alone	66.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	19.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryantown	Potomac Heights
1-unit, detached	100.0%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	46.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bryantown	Potomac Heights
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.26	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	54	32
Median year structure built	1979	1946