Forest Glen vs Poolesville

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

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

Forest Glen has the higher population (6,650 vs 5,704 in Poolesville). Poolesville has the higher median household income ($216,653 vs $127,196 in Forest Glen). Poolesville has the higher median home value ($672,300 vs $604,800 in Forest Glen).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Glen	Poolesville
Population	6,650	5,704
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$127,196	$216,653
Median home value	$604,800	$672,300
Median gross rent	$1,553	—
Housing units	2,640	2,030
Homeownership rate	62.9%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.9%	67.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Glen	Poolesville
Population	6,469 → 6,650 (+2.8%)	5,191 → 5,704 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$105,585 → $127,196 (+20.5%)	$180,524 → $216,653 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$461,500 → $604,800 (+31.1%)	$475,000 → $672,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,550 → $1,553 (+0.2%)	$2,078 → $1,786 (-14.1%)

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

Poolesville

Population

5,1915,704

Median household income

$180,524$216,653

Median home value

$475,000$672,300

Median gross rent

$2,078$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Glen	Poolesville
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.9%
75 and over	9.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Glen	Poolesville
White (non-Hispanic)	48.9%	73.3%
Black or African American	11.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Glen	Poolesville
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	9.1%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	37.5%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Glen	Poolesville
Drove alone	40.8%	55.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.2%
Public transit	13.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.2%	37.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Glen	Poolesville
1-unit, detached	56.0%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Glen	Poolesville
Poverty rate	6.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1959	1985