Aspen Hill vs Rockville

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

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

Rockville has the higher population (67,218 vs 53,752 in Aspen Hill). Rockville has the higher median household income ($122,384 vs $109,026 in Aspen Hill). Rockville has the higher median home value ($658,300 vs $538,000 in Aspen Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen Hill	Rockville
Population	53,752	67,218
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,026	$122,384
Median home value	$538,000	$658,300
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,244
Housing units	17,992	28,169
Homeownership rate	64.4%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen Hill	Rockville
Population	53,049 → 53,752 (+1.3%)	67,542 → 67,218 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$87,055 → $109,026 (+25.2%)	$106,576 → $122,384 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$423,300 → $538,000 (+27.1%)	$540,000 → $658,300 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,684 → $1,925 (+14.3%)	$1,921 → $2,244 (+16.8%)

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

Rockville

Population

67,54267,218

Median household income

$106,576$122,384

Median home value

$540,000$658,300

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen Hill	Rockville
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.0%
75 and over	6.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen Hill	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	44.5%
Black or African American	15.7%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen Hill	Rockville
No high school diploma	15.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	21.1%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen Hill	Rockville
Drove alone	54.2%	47.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.2%
Public transit	10.2%	12.5%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.5%	30.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen Hill	Rockville
1-unit, detached	52.3%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	28.6%	10.7%
20 or more units	4.4%	32.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Aspen Hill	Rockville
Poverty rate	8.8%	7.9%
Average household size	3.06	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1970	1980