North Potomac vs Olney

A side-by-side comparison of North Potomac and Olney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olney has the higher population (36,000 vs 23,994 in North Potomac). North Potomac has the higher median household income ($186,438 vs $171,766 in Olney). North Potomac has the higher median home value ($793,200 vs $632,400 in Olney).

Population, income & housing

	North Potomac	Olney
Population	23,994	36,000
Median age	45.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$186,438	$171,766
Median home value	$793,200	$632,400
Median gross rent	$2,433	$2,409
Housing units	8,433	12,076
Homeownership rate	83.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.1%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Potomac	Olney
Population	23,914 → 23,994 (+0.3%)	35,191 → 36,000 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$171,066 → $186,438 (+9.0%)	$143,396 → $171,766 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$672,900 → $793,200 (+17.9%)	$506,400 → $632,400 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,129 → $2,433 (+14.3%)	$1,948 → $2,409 (+23.7%)

North Potomac

Population

23,91423,994

Median household income

$171,066$186,438

Median home value

$672,900$793,200

Median gross rent

$2,129$2,433

Olney

Population

35,19136,000

Median household income

$143,396$171,766

Median home value

$506,400$632,400

Median gross rent

$1,948$2,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Potomac	Olney
Under 5	3.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.3%
75 and over	7.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Potomac	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	54.9%
Black or African American	6.4%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	40.2%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Potomac	Olney
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	5.7%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	42.9%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Potomac	Olney
Drove alone	52.2%	62.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.2%
Public transit	3.3%	2.3%
Walked	0.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	36.8%	26.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Potomac	Olney
1-unit, detached	66.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	28.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Potomac	Olney
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.92	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1988	1986