Damascus vs Takoma Park

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

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

Takoma Park has the higher population (17,522 vs 16,864 in Damascus). Damascus has the higher median household income ($153,994 vs $97,872 in Takoma Park). Takoma Park has the higher median home value ($721,500 vs $496,500 in Damascus).

Population, income & housing

	Damascus	Takoma Park
Population	16,864	17,522
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$153,994	$97,872
Median home value	$496,500	$721,500
Median gross rent	$1,665	$1,388
Housing units	6,010	7,086
Homeownership rate	91.6%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damascus	Takoma Park
Population	15,250 → 16,864 (+10.6%)	17,672 → 17,522 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$124,612 → $153,994 (+23.6%)	$84,591 → $97,872 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$396,700 → $496,500 (+25.2%)	$583,800 → $721,500 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,605 → $1,665 (+3.7%)	$1,143 → $1,388 (+21.4%)

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

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)

	Damascus	Takoma Park
Under 5	4.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.2%
75 and over	5.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damascus	Takoma Park
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	42.5%
Black or African American	10.9%	32.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	4.9%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damascus	Takoma Park
No high school diploma	7.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	17.3%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damascus	Takoma Park
Drove alone	65.1%	43.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.6%
Public transit	2.6%	13.3%
Walked	0.2%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	30.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damascus	Takoma Park
1-unit, detached	76.9%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	28.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Damascus	Takoma Park
Poverty rate	2.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1983	1954