Calverton vs North Potomac

A side-by-side comparison of Calverton and North Potomac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Potomac has the higher population (23,994 vs 17,721 in Calverton). North Potomac has the higher median household income ($186,438 vs $108,315 in Calverton). North Potomac has the higher median home value ($793,200 vs $468,600 in Calverton).

Population, income & housing

	Calverton	North Potomac
Population	17,721	23,994
Median age	42.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,315	$186,438
Median home value	$468,600	$793,200
Median gross rent	$2,208	$2,433
Housing units	6,245	8,433
Homeownership rate	68.4%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	77.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calverton	North Potomac
Population	16,888 → 17,721 (+4.9%)	23,914 → 23,994 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$89,796 → $108,315 (+20.6%)	$171,066 → $186,438 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$358,000 → $468,600 (+30.9%)	$672,900 → $793,200 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,989 → $2,208 (+11.0%)	$2,129 → $2,433 (+14.3%)

Calverton

Population

16,88817,721

Median household income

$89,796$108,315

Median home value

$358,000$468,600

Median gross rent

$1,989$2,208

North Potomac

Population

23,91423,994

Median household income

$171,066$186,438

Median home value

$672,900$793,200

Median gross rent

$2,129$2,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calverton	North Potomac
Under 5	6.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.8%
75 and over	11.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calverton	North Potomac
White (non-Hispanic)	18.2%	42.3%
Black or African American	38.6%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	40.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calverton	North Potomac
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.2%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	42.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calverton	North Potomac
Drove alone	75.6%	52.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.0%
Public transit	3.3%	3.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	36.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calverton	North Potomac
1-unit, detached	47.2%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	25.6%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Calverton	North Potomac
Poverty rate	9.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1983	1988