Cloverly vs Damascus

A side-by-side comparison of Cloverly and Damascus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Damascus has the higher population (16,864 vs 16,726 in Cloverly). Damascus has the higher median household income ($153,994 vs $146,316 in Cloverly). Cloverly has the higher median home value ($652,200 vs $496,500 in Damascus).

Population, income & housing

	Cloverly	Damascus
Population	16,726	16,864
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$146,316	$153,994
Median home value	$652,200	$496,500
Median gross rent	$2,031	$1,665
Housing units	5,286	6,010
Homeownership rate	86.8%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloverly	Damascus
Population	15,464 → 16,726 (+8.2%)	15,250 → 16,864 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$134,964 → $146,316 (+8.4%)	$124,612 → $153,994 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$487,800 → $652,200 (+33.7%)	$396,700 → $496,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,477 → $2,031 (+37.5%)	$1,605 → $1,665 (+3.7%)

Cloverly

Population

15,46416,726

Median household income

$134,964$146,316

Median home value

$487,800$652,200

Median gross rent

$1,477$2,031

Damascus

Population

15,25016,864

Median household income

$124,612$153,994

Median home value

$396,700$496,500

Median gross rent

$1,605$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloverly	Damascus
Under 5	6.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloverly	Damascus
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	61.0%
Black or African American	28.7%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	18.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloverly	Damascus
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	12.8%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloverly	Damascus
Drove alone	55.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.3%
Public transit	5.5%	2.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	24.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloverly	Damascus
1-unit, detached	83.9%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cloverly	Damascus
Poverty rate	4.4%	2.6%
Average household size	3.21	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1983	1983