Kensington vs Spencerville

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

Kensington and Spencerville 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 1,433 in Spencerville). Kensington has the higher median home value ($919,400 vs $626,100 in Spencerville). Since 2019, Kensington's population has grown faster (+7.1% vs -31.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington	Spencerville
Population	2,248	1,433
Median age	41.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$149,698	—
Median home value	$919,400	$626,100
Median gross rent	$2,105	—
Housing units	890	520
Homeownership rate	52.4%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.0%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington	Spencerville
Population	2,098 → 2,248 (+7.1%)	2,079 → 1,433 (-31.1%)
Median household income	$125,357 → $149,698 (+19.4%)	$117,578 → $107,019 (-9.0%)
Median home value	$712,500 → $919,400 (+29.0%)	$564,600 → $626,100 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,592 → $2,105 (+32.2%)	$2,795 → $1,917 (-31.4%)

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

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)

	Kensington	Spencerville
Under 5	8.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	17.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.9%
75 and over	5.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	46.7%
Black or African American	5.3%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington	Spencerville
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	11.5%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	47.5%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington	Spencerville
Drove alone	50.5%	62.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	1.9%
Public transit	8.4%	0.7%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.6%	34.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	54.9%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	35.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kensington	Spencerville
Poverty rate	6.6%	20.1%
Average household size	2.71	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1959	1970