Aspen Hill vs Bethesda

A side-by-side comparison of Aspen Hill and Bethesda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethesda has the higher population (67,403 vs 53,752 in Aspen Hill). Bethesda has the higher median household income ($191,348 vs $109,026 in Aspen Hill). Bethesda has the higher median home value ($1,129,700 vs $538,000 in Aspen Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen Hill	Bethesda
Population	53,752	67,403
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,026	$191,348
Median home value	$538,000	$1,129,700
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,437
Housing units	17,992	29,552
Homeownership rate	64.4%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	87.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen Hill	Bethesda
Population	53,049 → 53,752 (+1.3%)	63,195 → 67,403 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$87,055 → $109,026 (+25.2%)	$164,142 → $191,348 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$423,300 → $538,000 (+27.1%)	$911,000 → $1,129,700 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,684 → $1,925 (+14.3%)	$2,026 → $2,437 (+20.3%)

Aspen Hill

Population

53,04953,752

Median household income

$87,055$109,026

Median home value

$423,300$538,000

Median gross rent

$1,684$1,925

Bethesda

Population

63,19567,403

Median household income

$164,142$191,348

Median home value

$911,000$1,129,700

Median gross rent

$2,026$2,437

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen Hill	Bethesda
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.0%
75 and over	6.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen Hill	Bethesda
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	67.7%
Black or African American	15.7%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen Hill	Bethesda
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	21.1%	3.6%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	7.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	58.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen Hill	Bethesda
Drove alone	54.2%	41.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	3.3%
Public transit	10.2%	10.9%
Walked	1.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.6%
Worked from home	20.5%	35.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen Hill	Bethesda
1-unit, detached	52.3%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	28.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.4%	36.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Aspen Hill	Bethesda
Poverty rate	8.8%	4.0%
Average household size	3.06	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1970	1970