Damascus vs Glenmont

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

Damascus and Glenmont 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 16,529 in Glenmont). Damascus has the higher median household income ($153,994 vs $115,058 in Glenmont). Glenmont has the higher median home value ($542,300 vs $496,500 in Damascus).

Population, income & housing

	Damascus	Glenmont
Population	16,864	16,529
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$153,994	$115,058
Median home value	$496,500	$542,300
Median gross rent	$1,665	$1,959
Housing units	6,010	5,497
Homeownership rate	91.6%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damascus	Glenmont
Population	15,250 → 16,864 (+10.6%)	16,659 → 16,529 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$124,612 → $153,994 (+23.6%)	$95,482 → $115,058 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$396,700 → $496,500 (+25.2%)	$422,500 → $542,300 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,605 → $1,665 (+3.7%)	$1,736 → $1,959 (+12.8%)

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

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)

	Damascus	Glenmont
Under 5	4.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.9%
75 and over	5.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damascus	Glenmont
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	22.0%
Black or African American	10.9%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damascus	Glenmont
No high school diploma	7.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damascus	Glenmont
Drove alone	65.1%	51.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.6%
Public transit	2.6%	15.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	19.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damascus	Glenmont
1-unit, detached	76.9%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	23.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Damascus	Glenmont
Poverty rate	2.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.89	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1983	1975