Pomfret vs Potomac Heights

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

Pomfret 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 670 in Pomfret). Pomfret has the higher median home value ($413,300 vs $87,900 in Potomac Heights). Since 2019, Pomfret's population has grown faster (+29.1% vs -14.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Pomfret	Potomac Heights
Population	670	1,102
Median age	40.0 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,831
Median home value	$413,300	$87,900
Housing units	183	635
Homeownership rate	91.3%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.5%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomfret	Potomac Heights
Population	519 → 670 (+29.1%)	1,289 → 1,102 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$108,640 → $146,406 (+34.8%)	$62,639 → $68,831 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$315,200 → $413,300 (+31.1%)	$66,800 → $87,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,097 → $1,078 (-1.7%)

Pomfret

Population

519670

Median household income

$108,640$146,406

Median home value

$315,200$413,300

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)

	Pomfret	Potomac Heights
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	18.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	5.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	22.7%
55 to 64	7.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.6%
75 and over	17.8%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomfret	Potomac Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	11.8%	78.9%
Black or African American	37.2%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	28.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomfret	Potomac Heights
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	17.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomfret	Potomac Heights
Drove alone	97.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomfret	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

	Pomfret	Potomac Heights
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.1%
Average household size	3.66	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	41	32
Median year structure built	1969	1946