Green Valley vs Urbana

A side-by-side comparison of Green Valley and Urbana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Urbana has the higher population (13,897 vs 13,187 in Green Valley). Urbana has the higher median household income ($178,231 vs $174,221 in Green Valley). Urbana has the higher median home value ($596,400 vs $579,100 in Green Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Green Valley	Urbana
Population	13,187	13,897
Median age	41.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$174,221	$178,231
Median home value	$579,100	$596,400
Median gross rent	$2,683	$2,571
Housing units	4,181	4,341
Homeownership rate	96.4%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	65.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Valley	Urbana
Population	12,391 → 13,187 (+6.4%)	12,587 → 13,897 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$145,158 → $174,221 (+20.0%)	$155,000 → $178,231 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$445,900 → $579,100 (+29.9%)	$524,100 → $596,400 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,250 → $2,683 (+19.2%)	$2,254 → $2,571 (+14.1%)

Green Valley

Population

12,39113,187

Median household income

$145,158$174,221

Median home value

$445,900$579,100

Median gross rent

$2,250$2,683

Urbana

Population

12,58713,897

Median household income

$155,000$178,231

Median home value

$524,100$596,400

Median gross rent

$2,254$2,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Valley	Urbana
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	27.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	19.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	5.7%
75 and over	5.6%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Valley	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	46.5%
Black or African American	7.1%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.7%	18.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Valley	Urbana
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.0%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Valley	Urbana
Drove alone	71.8%	65.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.4%	26.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Valley	Urbana
1-unit, detached	98.3%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Valley	Urbana
Poverty rate	2.9%	1.4%
Average household size	3.20	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1985	2007