Andrews AFB vs Forest Heights

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

Andrews AFB and Forest Heights 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 2,619 in Forest Heights). Forest Heights has the higher median household income ($96,434 vs $91,905 in Andrews AFB). Since 2019, Forest Heights's population has grown faster (+2.1% vs -0.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Andrews AFB	Forest Heights
Population	3,075	2,619
Median age	24.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,905	$96,434
Median home value	—	$346,800
Median gross rent	$2,747	$2,154
Housing units	1,013	875
Homeownership rate	1.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andrews AFB	Forest Heights
Population	3,079 → 3,075 (-0.1%)	2,565 → 2,619 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$75,969 → $91,905 (+21.0%)	$83,611 → $96,434 (+15.3%)
Median home value	—	$219,700 → $346,800 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,453 → $2,747 (+12.0%)	$2,138 → $2,154 (+0.7%)

Andrews AFB

Population

3,0793,075

Median household income

$75,969$91,905

Median gross rent

$2,453$2,747

Forest Heights

Population

2,5652,619

Median household income

$83,611$96,434

Median home value

$219,700$346,800

Median gross rent

$2,138$2,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andrews AFB	Forest Heights
Under 5	22.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	24.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	3.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	5.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	1.3%	11.3%
75 and over	0.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andrews AFB	Forest Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	13.7%
Black or African American	26.1%	48.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andrews AFB	Forest Heights
No high school diploma	4.1%	25.5%
High school graduate	11.3%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andrews AFB	Forest Heights
Drove alone	73.1%	66.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.8%
Public transit	2.3%	2.6%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	13.9%
Other means	1.7%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andrews AFB	Forest Heights
1-unit, detached	7.2%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	77.3%	22.4%
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	Forest Heights
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.1%
Average household size	3.35	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1995	1954