Aspen Hill vs Potomac

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

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

Aspen Hill has the higher population (53,752 vs 46,230 in Potomac). Potomac has the higher median household income ($239,205 vs $109,026 in Aspen Hill). Potomac has the higher median home value ($1,105,900 vs $538,000 in Aspen Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen Hill	Potomac
Population	53,752	46,230
Median age	37.6 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,026	$239,205
Median home value	$538,000	$1,105,900
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,616
Housing units	17,992	16,843
Homeownership rate	64.4%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	84.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen Hill	Potomac
Population	53,049 → 53,752 (+1.3%)	45,940 → 46,230 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$87,055 → $109,026 (+25.2%)	$195,884 → $239,205 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$423,300 → $538,000 (+27.1%)	$893,800 → $1,105,900 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,684 → $1,925 (+14.3%)	$1,990 → $2,616 (+31.5%)

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

Potomac

Population

45,94046,230

Median household income

$195,884$239,205

Median home value

$893,800$1,105,900

Median gross rent

$1,990$2,616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen Hill	Potomac
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.2%
75 and over	6.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen Hill	Potomac
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	57.9%
Black or African American	15.7%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	20.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen Hill	Potomac
No high school diploma	15.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.1%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	55.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen Hill	Potomac
Drove alone	54.2%	53.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	5.5%
Public transit	10.2%	4.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.5%	33.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen Hill	Potomac
1-unit, detached	52.3%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	28.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Aspen Hill	Potomac
Poverty rate	8.8%	3.7%
Average household size	3.06	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1970	1977