Beltsville vs East Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Beltsville and East Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beltsville has the higher population (19,086 vs 19,043 in East Riverdale). Beltsville has the higher median household income ($97,115 vs $82,401 in East Riverdale). Beltsville has the higher median home value ($381,100 vs $346,700 in East Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Beltsville	East Riverdale
Population	19,086	19,043
Median age	40.4 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,115	$82,401
Median home value	$381,100	$346,700
Median gross rent	$1,989	$1,649
Housing units	6,523	4,992
Homeownership rate	55.1%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beltsville	East Riverdale
Population	17,812 → 19,086 (+7.2%)	16,416 → 19,043 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$81,115 → $97,115 (+19.7%)	$63,712 → $82,401 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$314,200 → $381,100 (+21.3%)	$249,700 → $346,700 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,738 → $1,989 (+14.4%)	$1,346 → $1,649 (+22.5%)

Beltsville

Population

17,81219,086

Median household income

$81,115$97,115

Median home value

$314,200$381,100

Median gross rent

$1,738$1,989

East Riverdale

Population

16,41619,043

Median household income

$63,712$82,401

Median home value

$249,700$346,700

Median gross rent

$1,346$1,649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beltsville	East Riverdale
Under 5	7.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.2%
75 and over	11.9%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beltsville	East Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	5.7%
Black or African American	28.4%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beltsville	East Riverdale
No high school diploma	20.6%	38.7%
High school graduate	22.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beltsville	East Riverdale
Drove alone	63.7%	53.9%
Carpooled	16.4%	21.2%
Public transit	5.5%	10.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.1%
Other means	3.0%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beltsville	East Riverdale
1-unit, detached	41.6%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	27.2%	22.3%
20 or more units	21.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Beltsville	East Riverdale
Poverty rate	11.6%	22.8%
Average household size	3.08	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1976	1960