Bladensburg vs Walker Mill

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

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

Walker Mill has the higher population (9,626 vs 9,552 in Bladensburg). Walker Mill has the higher median household income ($74,200 vs $62,400 in Bladensburg). Walker Mill has the higher median home value ($362,500 vs $330,400 in Bladensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bladensburg	Walker Mill
Population	9,552	9,626
Median age	31.2 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,400	$74,200
Median home value	$330,400	$362,500
Median gross rent	$1,652	$1,501
Housing units	3,504	4,489
Homeownership rate	17.3%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladensburg	Walker Mill
Population	9,402 → 9,552 (+1.6%)	10,904 → 9,626 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$44,905 → $62,400 (+39.0%)	$70,349 → $74,200 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$255,100 → $330,400 (+29.5%)	$254,900 → $362,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,357 → $1,652 (+21.7%)	$1,248 → $1,501 (+20.3%)

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

Walker Mill

Population

10,9049,626

Median household income

$70,349$74,200

Median home value

$254,900$362,500

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladensburg	Walker Mill
Under 5	9.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	25.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	7.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.1%
75 and over	3.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladensburg	Walker Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	1.2%
Black or African American	57.7%	82.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladensburg	Walker Mill
No high school diploma	18.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	38.3%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladensburg	Walker Mill
Drove alone	66.9%	59.2%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.8%
Public transit	8.9%	20.7%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.9%
Other means	1.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladensburg	Walker Mill
1-unit, detached	14.6%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	29.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	20.2%
20 or more units	41.8%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bladensburg	Walker Mill
Poverty rate	13.6%	7.8%
Average household size	3.00	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1968	1974