Calverton vs Takoma Park

A side-by-side comparison of Calverton and Takoma Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calverton has the higher population (17,721 vs 17,522 in Takoma Park). Calverton has the higher median household income ($108,315 vs $97,872 in Takoma Park). Takoma Park has the higher median home value ($721,500 vs $468,600 in Calverton).

Population, income & housing

	Calverton	Takoma Park
Population	17,721	17,522
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,315	$97,872
Median home value	$468,600	$721,500
Median gross rent	$2,208	$1,388
Housing units	6,245	7,086
Homeownership rate	68.4%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calverton	Takoma Park
Population	16,888 → 17,721 (+4.9%)	17,672 → 17,522 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$89,796 → $108,315 (+20.6%)	$84,591 → $97,872 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$358,000 → $468,600 (+30.9%)	$583,800 → $721,500 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,989 → $2,208 (+11.0%)	$1,143 → $1,388 (+21.4%)

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

Takoma Park

Population

17,67217,522

Median household income

$84,591$97,872

Median home value

$583,800$721,500

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calverton	Takoma Park
Under 5	6.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.2%
75 and over	11.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calverton	Takoma Park
White (non-Hispanic)	18.2%	42.5%
Black or African American	38.6%	32.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	11.1%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.3%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calverton	Takoma Park
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	23.2%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calverton	Takoma Park
Drove alone	75.6%	43.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.6%
Public transit	3.3%	13.3%
Walked	0.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	30.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calverton	Takoma Park
1-unit, detached	47.2%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	16.6%
20 or more units	25.6%	28.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Calverton	Takoma Park
Poverty rate	9.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1983	1954