North Kensington vs Travilah

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

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

Travilah has the higher population (11,128 vs 8,980 in North Kensington). Travilah has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $126,782 in North Kensington). Travilah has the higher median home value ($1,225,300 vs $571,000 in North Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	North Kensington	Travilah
Population	8,980	11,128
Median age	43.2 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$126,782	$250,001
Median home value	$571,000	$1,225,300
Median gross rent	$1,766	$3,385
Housing units	3,764	3,901
Homeownership rate	79.1%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	80.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Kensington	Travilah
Population	9,036 → 8,980 (-0.6%)	11,301 → 11,128 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$106,700 → $126,782 (+18.8%)	$241,369 → $250,001 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$445,800 → $571,000 (+28.1%)	$1,081,200 → $1,225,300 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,703 → $1,766 (+3.7%)	$3,174 → $3,385 (+6.6%)

North Kensington

Population

9,0368,980

Median household income

$106,700$126,782

Median home value

$445,800$571,000

Median gross rent

$1,703$1,766

Travilah

Population

11,30111,128

Median household income

$241,369$250,001

Median home value

$1,081,200$1,225,300

Median gross rent

$3,174$3,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Kensington	Travilah
Under 5	7.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	4.6%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	20.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.8%
75 and over	9.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Kensington	Travilah
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	53.0%
Black or African American	10.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	35.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Kensington	Travilah
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	52.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Kensington	Travilah
Drove alone	59.1%	60.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.4%
Public transit	5.7%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	24.7%	28.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Kensington	Travilah
1-unit, detached	74.4%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	North Kensington	Travilah
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.0%
Average household size	2.47	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1958	1989