Aspen Hill vs Gaithersburg

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

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

Gaithersburg has the higher population (69,225 vs 53,752 in Aspen Hill). Aspen Hill has the higher median household income ($109,026 vs $107,496 in Gaithersburg). Aspen Hill has the higher median home value ($538,000 vs $484,500 in Gaithersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen Hill	Gaithersburg
Population	53,752	69,225
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,026	$107,496
Median home value	$538,000	$484,500
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,008
Housing units	17,992	27,386
Homeownership rate	64.4%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen Hill	Gaithersburg
Population	53,049 → 53,752 (+1.3%)	67,742 → 69,225 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$87,055 → $109,026 (+25.2%)	$89,763 → $107,496 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$423,300 → $538,000 (+27.1%)	$392,200 → $484,500 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,684 → $1,925 (+14.3%)	$1,740 → $2,008 (+15.4%)

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

Gaithersburg

Population

67,74269,225

Median household income

$89,763$107,496

Median home value

$392,200$484,500

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen Hill	Gaithersburg
Under 5	5.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.7%
75 and over	6.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen Hill	Gaithersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	31.2%
Black or African American	15.7%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	19.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	2.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen Hill	Gaithersburg
No high school diploma	15.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	21.1%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen Hill	Gaithersburg
Drove alone	54.2%	54.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.7%
Public transit	10.2%	6.6%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.5%	23.9%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen Hill	Gaithersburg
1-unit, detached	52.3%	19.6%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	29.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	28.6%	26.9%
20 or more units	4.4%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Aspen Hill	Gaithersburg
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.8%
Average household size	3.06	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1970	1989