Beltsville vs Seabrook

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

Beltsville and Seabrook 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 18,495 in Seabrook). Beltsville has the higher median household income ($97,115 vs $96,033 in Seabrook). Beltsville has the higher median home value ($381,100 vs $377,900 in Seabrook).

Population, income & housing

	Beltsville	Seabrook
Population	19,086	18,495
Median age	40.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$97,115	$96,033
Median home value	$381,100	$377,900
Median gross rent	$1,989	$1,817
Housing units	6,523	6,169
Homeownership rate	55.1%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beltsville	Seabrook
Population	17,812 → 19,086 (+7.2%)	18,616 → 18,495 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$81,115 → $97,115 (+19.7%)	$75,825 → $96,033 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$314,200 → $381,100 (+21.3%)	$293,600 → $377,900 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,738 → $1,989 (+14.4%)	$1,685 → $1,817 (+7.8%)

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

Seabrook

Population

18,61618,495

Median household income

$75,825$96,033

Median home value

$293,600$377,900

Median gross rent

$1,685$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beltsville	Seabrook
Under 5	7.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.0%
75 and over	11.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beltsville	Seabrook
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	6.6%
Black or African American	28.4%	58.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	8.5%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beltsville	Seabrook
No high school diploma	20.6%	15.8%
High school graduate	22.8%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beltsville	Seabrook
Drove alone	63.7%	69.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	9.4%
Public transit	5.5%	5.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.9%
Other means	3.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beltsville	Seabrook
1-unit, detached	41.6%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	27.2%	29.4%
20 or more units	21.8%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Beltsville	Seabrook
Poverty rate	11.6%	10.4%
Average household size	3.08	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1976	1970