Beltsville vs Oxon Hill

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

Beltsville and Oxon Hill 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 18,491 in Oxon Hill). Beltsville has the higher median household income ($97,115 vs $94,989 in Oxon Hill). Beltsville has the higher median home value ($381,100 vs $345,500 in Oxon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Beltsville	Oxon Hill
Population	19,086	18,491
Median age	40.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$97,115	$94,989
Median home value	$381,100	$345,500
Median gross rent	$1,989	$1,673
Housing units	6,523	8,126
Homeownership rate	55.1%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beltsville	Oxon Hill
Population	17,812 → 19,086 (+7.2%)	18,080 → 18,491 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$81,115 → $97,115 (+19.7%)	$88,327 → $94,989 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$314,200 → $381,100 (+21.3%)	$244,800 → $345,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,738 → $1,989 (+14.4%)	$1,509 → $1,673 (+10.9%)

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

Oxon Hill

Population

18,08018,491

Median household income

$88,327$94,989

Median home value

$244,800$345,500

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beltsville	Oxon Hill
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.0%
75 and over	11.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beltsville	Oxon Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	4.4%
Black or African American	28.4%	63.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	8.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beltsville	Oxon Hill
No high school diploma	20.6%	18.0%
High school graduate	22.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beltsville	Oxon Hill
Drove alone	63.7%	63.9%
Carpooled	16.4%	10.3%
Public transit	5.5%	6.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	15.7%
Other means	3.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beltsville	Oxon Hill
1-unit, detached	41.6%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	27.2%	19.1%
20 or more units	21.8%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Beltsville	Oxon Hill
Poverty rate	11.6%	6.4%
Average household size	3.08	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1976	1972