Accokeek vs New Carrollton

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

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

New Carrollton has the higher population (13,544 vs 13,226 in Accokeek). Accokeek has the higher median household income ($144,719 vs $80,292 in New Carrollton). Accokeek has the higher median home value ($518,100 vs $378,300 in New Carrollton).

Population, income & housing

	Accokeek	New Carrollton
Population	13,226	13,544
Median age	42.0 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$144,719	$80,292
Median home value	$518,100	$378,300
Median gross rent	$3,066	$1,745
Housing units	4,541	4,671
Homeownership rate	98.6%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accokeek	New Carrollton
Population	11,647 → 13,226 (+13.6%)	12,935 → 13,544 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$130,655 → $144,719 (+10.8%)	$66,991 → $80,292 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$384,000 → $518,100 (+34.9%)	$271,100 → $378,300 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $3,066 (+75.2%)	$1,417 → $1,745 (+23.1%)

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

New Carrollton

Population

12,93513,544

Median household income

$66,991$80,292

Median home value

$271,100$378,300

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accokeek	New Carrollton
Under 5	6.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	20.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.5%
75 and over	5.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accokeek	New Carrollton
White (non-Hispanic)	17.3%	4.8%
Black or African American	64.0%	60.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accokeek	New Carrollton
No high school diploma	5.2%	16.6%
High school graduate	19.7%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accokeek	New Carrollton
Drove alone	57.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.0%
Public transit	2.9%	6.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	9.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accokeek	New Carrollton
1-unit, detached	93.6%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	43.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Accokeek	New Carrollton
Poverty rate	3.2%	5.9%
Average household size	2.97	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	44	33
Median year structure built	1997	1965