Bladensburg vs Marlboro Village

A side-by-side comparison of Bladensburg and Marlboro Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bladensburg has the higher population (9,552 vs 9,200 in Marlboro Village). Marlboro Village has the higher median household income ($122,313 vs $62,400 in Bladensburg). Marlboro Village has the higher median home value ($364,700 vs $330,400 in Bladensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bladensburg	Marlboro Village
Population	9,552	9,200
Median age	31.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,400	$122,313
Median home value	$330,400	$364,700
Median gross rent	$1,652	$2,153
Housing units	3,504	3,764
Homeownership rate	17.3%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladensburg	Marlboro Village
Population	9,402 → 9,552 (+1.6%)	9,325 → 9,200 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$44,905 → $62,400 (+39.0%)	$102,232 → $122,313 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$255,100 → $330,400 (+29.5%)	$267,600 → $364,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,357 → $1,652 (+21.7%)	$1,938 → $2,153 (+11.1%)

Bladensburg

Population

9,4029,552

Median household income

$44,905$62,400

Median home value

$255,100$330,400

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,652

Marlboro Village

Population

9,3259,200

Median household income

$102,232$122,313

Median home value

$267,600$364,700

Median gross rent

$1,938$2,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladensburg	Marlboro Village
Under 5	9.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	25.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.8%
55 to 64	7.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.1%
75 and over	3.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladensburg	Marlboro Village
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	10.9%
Black or African American	57.7%	82.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladensburg	Marlboro Village
No high school diploma	18.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladensburg	Marlboro Village
Drove alone	66.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	5.9%
Public transit	8.9%	6.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladensburg	Marlboro Village
1-unit, detached	14.6%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	46.5%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	41.8%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bladensburg	Marlboro Village
Poverty rate	13.6%	2.2%
Average household size	3.00	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1968	1994