Accokeek vs Kettering

A side-by-side comparison of Accokeek and Kettering: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kettering has the higher population (13,866 vs 13,226 in Accokeek). Accokeek has the higher median household income ($144,719 vs $124,036 in Kettering). Accokeek has the higher median home value ($518,100 vs $416,500 in Kettering).

Population, income & housing

	Accokeek	Kettering
Population	13,226	13,866
Median age	42.0 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$144,719	$124,036
Median home value	$518,100	$416,500
Median gross rent	$3,066	$2,285
Housing units	4,541	5,985
Homeownership rate	98.6%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accokeek	Kettering
Population	11,647 → 13,226 (+13.6%)	13,527 → 13,866 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$130,655 → $144,719 (+10.8%)	$93,698 → $124,036 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$384,000 → $518,100 (+34.9%)	$301,500 → $416,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $3,066 (+75.2%)	$1,811 → $2,285 (+26.2%)

Accokeek

Population

11,64713,226

Median household income

$130,655$144,719

Median home value

$384,000$518,100

Median gross rent

$1,750$3,066

Kettering

Population

13,52713,866

Median household income

$93,698$124,036

Median home value

$301,500$416,500

Median gross rent

$1,811$2,285

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accokeek	Kettering
Under 5	6.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.1%
75 and over	5.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accokeek	Kettering
White (non-Hispanic)	17.3%	4.9%
Black or African American	64.0%	82.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accokeek	Kettering
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	19.7%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accokeek	Kettering
Drove alone	57.8%	63.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	15.5%
Public transit	2.9%	6.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	13.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accokeek	Kettering
1-unit, detached	93.6%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	40.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Accokeek	Kettering
Poverty rate	3.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.97	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	44	37
Median year structure built	1997	1989