Derwood vs Spencerville

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

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

Derwood has the higher population (1,830 vs 1,433 in Spencerville). Derwood has the higher median home value ($633,200 vs $626,100 in Spencerville). Since 2019, Derwood's population has grown faster (-3.2% vs -31.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Derwood	Spencerville
Population	1,830	1,433
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,000	—
Median home value	$633,200	$626,100
Median gross rent	$2,200	—
Housing units	764	520
Homeownership rate	56.5%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derwood	Spencerville
Population	1,890 → 1,830 (-3.2%)	2,079 → 1,433 (-31.1%)
Median household income	$72,351 → $93,000 (+28.5%)	$117,578 → $107,019 (-9.0%)
Median home value	$563,700 → $633,200 (+12.3%)	$564,600 → $626,100 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $2,200 (+89.7%)	$2,795 → $1,917 (-31.4%)

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

Spencerville

Population

2,0791,433

Median household income

$117,578$107,019

Median home value

$564,600$626,100

Median gross rent

$2,795$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derwood	Spencerville
Under 5	4.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	20.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	6.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	14.9%
75 and over	8.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derwood	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	46.7%
Black or African American	9.8%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derwood	Spencerville
No high school diploma	11.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	14.9%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derwood	Spencerville
Drove alone	46.8%	62.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.9%
Public transit	13.9%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.8%	34.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derwood	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	52.9%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	34.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Derwood	Spencerville
Poverty rate	7.3%	20.1%
Average household size	2.40	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1985	1970