Beltsville vs Hyattsville

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

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

Hyattsville has the higher population (20,861 vs 19,086 in Beltsville). Beltsville has the higher median household income ($97,115 vs $94,231 in Hyattsville). Hyattsville has the higher median home value ($463,500 vs $381,100 in Beltsville).

Population, income & housing

	Beltsville	Hyattsville
Population	19,086	20,861
Median age	40.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,115	$94,231
Median home value	$381,100	$463,500
Median gross rent	$1,989	$1,831
Housing units	6,523	8,339
Homeownership rate	55.1%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beltsville	Hyattsville
Population	17,812 → 19,086 (+7.2%)	18,242 → 20,861 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$81,115 → $97,115 (+19.7%)	$81,736 → $94,231 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$314,200 → $381,100 (+21.3%)	$336,300 → $463,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,738 → $1,989 (+14.4%)	$1,433 → $1,831 (+27.8%)

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

Hyattsville

Population

18,24220,861

Median household income

$81,736$94,231

Median home value

$336,300$463,500

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beltsville	Hyattsville
Under 5	7.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	23.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.0%
75 and over	11.9%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beltsville	Hyattsville
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	25.3%
Black or African American	28.4%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	8.5%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beltsville	Hyattsville
No high school diploma	20.6%	21.6%
High school graduate	22.8%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beltsville	Hyattsville
Drove alone	63.7%	50.1%
Carpooled	16.4%	6.7%
Public transit	5.5%	15.9%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.3%	22.0%
Other means	3.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beltsville	Hyattsville
1-unit, detached	41.6%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	27.2%	19.7%
20 or more units	21.8%	26.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beltsville	Hyattsville
Poverty rate	11.6%	10.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1976	1963