Aquasco vs Upper Marlboro

A side-by-side comparison of Aquasco and Upper Marlboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upper Marlboro has the higher population (752 vs 672 in Aquasco). Upper Marlboro has the higher median household income ($115,568 vs $61,875 in Aquasco). Aquasco has the higher median home value ($491,700 vs $299,700 in Upper Marlboro).

Population, income & housing

	Aquasco	Upper Marlboro
Population	672	752
Median age	42.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$115,568
Median home value	$491,700	$299,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,786
Housing units	294	368
Homeownership rate	56.8%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aquasco	Upper Marlboro
Population	957 → 672 (-29.8%)	771 → 752 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$72,639 → $61,875 (-14.8%)	$96,125 → $115,568 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$325,400 → $491,700 (+51.1%)	$227,300 → $299,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,893 → $1,786 (-5.7%)

Aquasco

Population

957672

Median household income

$72,639$61,875

Median home value

$325,400$491,700

Upper Marlboro

Population

771752

Median household income

$96,125$115,568

Median home value

$227,300$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,893$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aquasco	Upper Marlboro
Under 5	13.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	20.1%
35 to 44	18.8%	19.3%
45 to 54	1.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.0%
75 and over	9.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aquasco	Upper Marlboro
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	20.6%
Black or African American	38.5%	73.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aquasco	Upper Marlboro
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	48.3%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aquasco	Upper Marlboro
Drove alone	74.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aquasco	Upper Marlboro
1-unit, detached	97.6%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	43.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aquasco	Upper Marlboro
Poverty rate	18.9%	1.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	43	30
Median year structure built	1978	1982