Adelphi vs Oxon Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Adelphi and Oxon Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oxon Hill has the higher population (18,491 vs 17,210 in Adelphi). Oxon Hill has the higher median household income ($94,989 vs $80,833 in Adelphi). Adelphi has the higher median home value ($401,700 vs $345,500 in Oxon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Adelphi	Oxon Hill
Population	17,210	18,491
Median age	32.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,833	$94,989
Median home value	$401,700	$345,500
Median gross rent	$1,757	$1,673
Housing units	5,714	8,126
Homeownership rate	42.7%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adelphi	Oxon Hill
Population	16,377 → 17,210 (+5.1%)	18,080 → 18,491 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$75,248 → $80,833 (+7.4%)	$88,327 → $94,989 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$313,700 → $401,700 (+28.1%)	$244,800 → $345,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,502 → $1,757 (+17.0%)	$1,509 → $1,673 (+10.9%)

Adelphi

Population

16,37717,210

Median household income

$75,248$80,833

Median home value

$313,700$401,700

Median gross rent

$1,502$1,757

Oxon Hill

Population

18,08018,491

Median household income

$88,327$94,989

Median home value

$244,800$345,500

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adelphi	Oxon Hill
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.0%
75 and over	4.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adelphi	Oxon Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	10.6%	4.4%
Black or African American	29.9%	63.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	7.7%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	50.4%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adelphi	Oxon Hill
No high school diploma	27.9%	18.0%
High school graduate	24.7%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adelphi	Oxon Hill
Drove alone	53.5%	63.9%
Carpooled	18.3%	10.3%
Public transit	10.5%	6.2%
Walked	3.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	15.7%
Other means	3.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adelphi	Oxon Hill
1-unit, detached	32.5%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	30.4%	19.1%
20 or more units	32.1%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Adelphi	Oxon Hill
Poverty rate	17.2%	6.4%
Average household size	3.19	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1967	1972