Bladensburg vs Marlton

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

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

Marlton has the higher population (10,223 vs 9,552 in Bladensburg). Marlton has the higher median household income ($119,486 vs $62,400 in Bladensburg). Marlton has the higher median home value ($398,900 vs $330,400 in Bladensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bladensburg	Marlton
Population	9,552	10,223
Median age	31.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,400	$119,486
Median home value	$330,400	$398,900
Median gross rent	$1,652	$1,857
Housing units	3,504	3,990
Homeownership rate	17.3%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladensburg	Marlton
Population	9,402 → 9,552 (+1.6%)	9,071 → 10,223 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$44,905 → $62,400 (+39.0%)	$108,506 → $119,486 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$255,100 → $330,400 (+29.5%)	$293,200 → $398,900 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,357 → $1,652 (+21.7%)	$1,693 → $1,857 (+9.7%)

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

Marlton

Population

9,07110,223

Median household income

$108,506$119,486

Median home value

$293,200$398,900

Median gross rent

$1,693$1,857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladensburg	Marlton
Under 5	9.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	25.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.2%
75 and over	3.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladensburg	Marlton
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	9.0%
Black or African American	57.7%	83.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladensburg	Marlton
No high school diploma	18.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladensburg	Marlton
Drove alone	66.9%	66.5%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.4%
Public transit	8.9%	1.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	22.9%
Other means	1.2%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladensburg	Marlton
1-unit, detached	14.6%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	31.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	41.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bladensburg	Marlton
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	34	41
Median year structure built	1968	1988