Bladensburg vs Temple Hills

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

Bladensburg and Temple Hills 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 8,740 in Temple Hills). Temple Hills has the higher median household income ($70,097 vs $62,400 in Bladensburg). Temple Hills has the higher median home value ($340,800 vs $330,400 in Bladensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bladensburg	Temple Hills
Population	9,552	8,740
Median age	31.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,400	$70,097
Median home value	$330,400	$340,800
Median gross rent	$1,652	$1,743
Housing units	3,504	4,120
Homeownership rate	17.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladensburg	Temple Hills
Population	9,402 → 9,552 (+1.6%)	7,926 → 8,740 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$44,905 → $62,400 (+39.0%)	$65,821 → $70,097 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$255,100 → $330,400 (+29.5%)	$261,600 → $340,800 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,357 → $1,652 (+21.7%)	$1,420 → $1,743 (+22.7%)

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

Temple Hills

Population

7,9268,740

Median household income

$65,821$70,097

Median home value

$261,600$340,800

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladensburg	Temple Hills
Under 5	9.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	25.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	7.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.2%
75 and over	3.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladensburg	Temple Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	2.8%
Black or African American	57.7%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladensburg	Temple Hills
No high school diploma	18.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladensburg	Temple Hills
Drove alone	66.9%	63.6%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.6%
Public transit	8.9%	11.7%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	15.6%
Other means	1.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladensburg	Temple Hills
1-unit, detached	14.6%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	50.8%
20 or more units	41.8%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bladensburg	Temple Hills
Poverty rate	13.6%	12.0%
Average household size	3.00	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1968	1973