Derwood vs Kensington

A side-by-side comparison of Derwood and Kensington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kensington has the higher population (2,248 vs 1,830 in Derwood). Kensington has the higher median household income ($149,698 vs $93,000 in Derwood). Kensington has the higher median home value ($919,400 vs $633,200 in Derwood).

Population, income & housing

	Derwood	Kensington
Population	1,830	2,248
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,000	$149,698
Median home value	$633,200	$919,400
Median gross rent	$2,200	$2,105
Housing units	764	890
Homeownership rate	56.5%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derwood	Kensington
Population	1,890 → 1,830 (-3.2%)	2,098 → 2,248 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$72,351 → $93,000 (+28.5%)	$125,357 → $149,698 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$563,700 → $633,200 (+12.3%)	$712,500 → $919,400 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $2,200 (+89.7%)	$1,592 → $2,105 (+32.2%)

Derwood

Population

1,8901,830

Median household income

$72,351$93,000

Median home value

$563,700$633,200

Median gross rent

$1,160$2,200

Kensington

Population

2,0982,248

Median household income

$125,357$149,698

Median home value

$712,500$919,400

Median gross rent

$1,592$2,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derwood	Kensington
Under 5	4.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	20.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	6.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	14.0%
75 and over	8.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derwood	Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	63.1%
Black or African American	9.8%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	13.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	10.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derwood	Kensington
No high school diploma	11.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	14.9%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	47.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derwood	Kensington
Drove alone	46.8%	50.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.9%
Public transit	13.9%	8.4%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	29.8%	27.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derwood	Kensington
1-unit, detached	52.9%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	34.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	35.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Derwood	Kensington
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1985	1959