Colesville vs Glenmont

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

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

Glenmont has the higher population (16,529 vs 14,075 in Colesville). Colesville has the higher median household income ($131,022 vs $115,058 in Glenmont). Colesville has the higher median home value ($593,900 vs $542,300 in Glenmont).

Population, income & housing

	Colesville	Glenmont
Population	14,075	16,529
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$131,022	$115,058
Median home value	$593,900	$542,300
Median gross rent	$1,906	$1,959
Housing units	5,239	5,497
Homeownership rate	84.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colesville	Glenmont
Population	13,992 → 14,075 (+0.6%)	16,659 → 16,529 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$125,497 → $131,022 (+4.4%)	$95,482 → $115,058 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$463,000 → $593,900 (+28.3%)	$422,500 → $542,300 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,897 → $1,906 (+0.5%)	$1,736 → $1,959 (+12.8%)

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

Glenmont

Population

16,65916,529

Median household income

$95,482$115,058

Median home value

$422,500$542,300

Median gross rent

$1,736$1,959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colesville	Glenmont
Under 5	3.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.9%
75 and over	12.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colesville	Glenmont
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	22.0%
Black or African American	33.6%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colesville	Glenmont
No high school diploma	10.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	15.0%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colesville	Glenmont
Drove alone	56.5%	51.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.6%
Public transit	4.5%	15.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	19.1%
Other means	4.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colesville	Glenmont
1-unit, detached	82.4%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	23.4%
20 or more units	10.5%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Colesville	Glenmont
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.84	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1968	1975