Colesville vs Flower Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Colesville and Flower Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colesville has the higher population (14,075 vs 13,743 in Flower Hill). Colesville has the higher median household income ($131,022 vs $107,987 in Flower Hill). Colesville has the higher median home value ($593,900 vs $426,900 in Flower Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Colesville	Flower Hill
Population	14,075	13,743
Median age	48.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$131,022	$107,987
Median home value	$593,900	$426,900
Median gross rent	$1,906	$2,032
Housing units	5,239	4,433
Homeownership rate	84.7%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colesville	Flower Hill
Population	13,992 → 14,075 (+0.6%)	14,185 → 13,743 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$125,497 → $131,022 (+4.4%)	$87,017 → $107,987 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$463,000 → $593,900 (+28.3%)	$348,000 → $426,900 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,897 → $1,906 (+0.5%)	$1,723 → $2,032 (+17.9%)

Colesville

Population

13,99214,075

Median household income

$125,497$131,022

Median home value

$463,000$593,900

Median gross rent

$1,897$1,906

Flower Hill

Population

14,18513,743

Median household income

$87,017$107,987

Median home value

$348,000$426,900

Median gross rent

$1,723$2,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colesville	Flower Hill
Under 5	3.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.5%
75 and over	12.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colesville	Flower Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	22.8%
Black or African American	33.6%	16.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	13.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.9%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	39.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colesville	Flower Hill
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.6%
High school graduate	15.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colesville	Flower Hill
Drove alone	56.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.8%
Public transit	4.5%	7.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	10.5%
Other means	4.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colesville	Flower Hill
1-unit, detached	82.4%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	44.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	8.5%
20 or more units	10.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colesville	Flower Hill
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.84	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1968	1983