Accokeek vs Westphalia

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

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

Accokeek has the higher population (13,226 vs 12,020 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($158,055 vs $144,719 in Accokeek). Accokeek has the higher median home value ($518,100 vs $478,200 in Westphalia).

Population, income & housing

	Accokeek	Westphalia
Population	13,226	12,020
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$144,719	$158,055
Median home value	$518,100	$478,200
Median gross rent	$3,066	$1,947
Housing units	4,541	4,654
Homeownership rate	98.6%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accokeek	Westphalia
Population	11,647 → 13,226 (+13.6%)	9,944 → 12,020 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$130,655 → $144,719 (+10.8%)	$123,077 → $158,055 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$384,000 → $518,100 (+34.9%)	$360,400 → $478,200 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $3,066 (+75.2%)	$1,734 → $1,947 (+12.3%)

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

Westphalia

Population

9,94412,020

Median household income

$123,077$158,055

Median home value

$360,400$478,200

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accokeek	Westphalia
Under 5	6.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	18.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.6%
75 and over	5.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accokeek	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	17.3%	10.5%
Black or African American	64.0%	77.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accokeek	Westphalia
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	19.7%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accokeek	Westphalia
Drove alone	57.8%	60.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.0%
Public transit	2.9%	4.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	24.9%
Other means	1.5%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accokeek	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	93.6%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Accokeek	Westphalia
Poverty rate	3.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	44	39
Median year structure built	1997	2011