Darnestown vs Forest Glen

A side-by-side comparison of Darnestown and Forest Glen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Darnestown has the higher population (6,835 vs 6,650 in Forest Glen). Darnestown has the higher median household income ($217,679 vs $127,196 in Forest Glen). Darnestown has the higher median home value ($908,400 vs $604,800 in Forest Glen).

Population, income & housing

	Darnestown	Forest Glen
Population	6,835	6,650
Median age	46.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$217,679	$127,196
Median home value	$908,400	$604,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,553
Housing units	2,314	2,640
Homeownership rate	94.4%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	66.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darnestown	Forest Glen
Population	6,462 → 6,835 (+5.8%)	6,469 → 6,650 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$216,250 → $217,679 (+0.7%)	$105,585 → $127,196 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$744,500 → $908,400 (+22.0%)	$461,500 → $604,800 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $3,501 (+107.4%)	$1,550 → $1,553 (+0.2%)

Darnestown

Population

6,4626,835

Median household income

$216,250$217,679

Median home value

$744,500$908,400

Median gross rent

$1,688$3,501

Forest Glen

Population

6,4696,650

Median household income

$105,585$127,196

Median home value

$461,500$604,800

Median gross rent

$1,550$1,553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darnestown	Forest Glen
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	19.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.8%
75 and over	6.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darnestown	Forest Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	48.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	17.4%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	25.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darnestown	Forest Glen
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	7.4%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	37.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darnestown	Forest Glen
Drove alone	56.5%	40.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.1%
Public transit	4.2%	13.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	30.8%	37.2%
Other means	3.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darnestown	Forest Glen
1-unit, detached	94.6%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	20.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darnestown	Forest Glen
Poverty rate	0.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	1985	1959