Potomac Heights vs Rock Point

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

Potomac Heights and Rock Point 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 163 in Rock Point). Since 2019, Rock Point's population has grown faster (+91.8% vs -14.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Potomac Heights	Rock Point
Population	1,102	163
Median age	51.7 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,831	—
Median home value	$87,900	—
Housing units	635	85
Homeownership rate	76.1%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potomac Heights	Rock Point
Population	1,289 → 1,102 (-14.5%)	85 → 163 (+91.8%)
Median household income	$62,639 → $68,831 (+9.9%)	$83,125 → $89,333 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $87,900 (+31.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,097 → $1,078 (-1.7%)	—

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

Rock Point

Population

85163

Median household income

$83,125$89,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Potomac Heights	Rock Point
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	25.2%
18 to 24	1.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	22.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	46.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.1%
75 and over	19.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potomac Heights	Rock Point
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	8.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potomac Heights	Rock Point
No high school diploma	10.3%	28.7%
High school graduate	27.7%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potomac Heights	Rock Point
Drove alone	82.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potomac Heights	Rock Point
1-unit, detached	53.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	46.6%	0.0%
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

	Potomac Heights	Rock Point
Poverty rate	4.1%	46.0%
Average household size	1.93	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1946	1947