Aspen Hill vs Wheaton

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

Aspen Hill and Wheaton 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 52,172 in Wheaton). Aspen Hill has the higher median household income ($109,026 vs $107,349 in Wheaton). Aspen Hill has the higher median home value ($538,000 vs $483,100 in Wheaton).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen Hill	Wheaton
Population	53,752	52,172
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,026	$107,349
Median home value	$538,000	$483,100
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,151
Housing units	17,992	17,105
Homeownership rate	64.4%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen Hill	Wheaton
Population	53,049 → 53,752 (+1.3%)	50,229 → 52,172 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$87,055 → $109,026 (+25.2%)	$85,617 → $107,349 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$423,300 → $538,000 (+27.1%)	$371,700 → $483,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,684 → $1,925 (+14.3%)	$1,813 → $2,151 (+18.6%)

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

Wheaton

Population

50,22952,172

Median household income

$85,617$107,349

Median home value

$371,700$483,100

Median gross rent

$1,813$2,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen Hill	Wheaton
Under 5	5.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.0%
75 and over	6.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen Hill	Wheaton
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	22.6%
Black or African American	15.7%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	43.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen Hill	Wheaton
No high school diploma	15.1%	19.4%
High school graduate	21.1%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen Hill	Wheaton
Drove alone	54.2%	56.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	11.3%
Public transit	10.2%	12.5%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	17.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen Hill	Wheaton
1-unit, detached	52.3%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	28.6%	11.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Aspen Hill	Wheaton
Poverty rate	8.8%	10.6%
Average household size	3.06	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1970	1959