Andrews AFB vs Croom

A side-by-side comparison of Andrews AFB and Croom: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Andrews AFB has the higher population (3,075 vs 2,519 in Croom). Croom has the higher median household income ($176,758 vs $91,905 in Andrews AFB). Since 2019, Croom's population has grown faster (+15.9% vs -0.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Andrews AFB	Croom
Population	3,075	2,519
Median age	24.0 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,905	$176,758
Median home value	—	$614,500
Median gross rent	$2,747	$1,367
Housing units	1,013	981
Homeownership rate	1.0%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andrews AFB	Croom
Population	3,079 → 3,075 (-0.1%)	2,174 → 2,519 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$75,969 → $91,905 (+21.0%)	$107,279 → $176,758 (+64.8%)
Median home value	—	$475,900 → $614,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,453 → $2,747 (+12.0%)	$2,054 → $1,367 (-33.4%)

Andrews AFB

Population

3,0793,075

Median household income

$75,969$91,905

Median gross rent

$2,453$2,747

Croom

Population

2,1742,519

Median household income

$107,279$176,758

Median home value

$475,900$614,500

Median gross rent

$2,054$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andrews AFB	Croom
Under 5	22.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.2%	9.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	24.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	3.1%	16.3%
55 to 64	5.2%	21.4%
65 to 74	1.3%	15.2%
75 and over	0.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andrews AFB	Croom
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	47.7%
Black or African American	26.1%	43.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andrews AFB	Croom
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	11.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andrews AFB	Croom
Drove alone	73.1%	59.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.7%
Public transit	2.3%	3.1%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	30.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andrews AFB	Croom
1-unit, detached	7.2%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	77.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andrews AFB	Croom
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.1%
Average household size	3.35	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	18	45
Median year structure built	1995	1986