Brentwood vs Capitol Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Brentwood and Capitol Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Capitol Heights has the higher population (4,014 vs 3,753 in Brentwood). Capitol Heights has the higher median household income ($91,938 vs $70,573 in Brentwood). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($413,100 vs $294,700 in Capitol Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Capitol Heights
Population	3,753	4,014
Median age	35.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,573	$91,938
Median home value	$413,100	$294,700
Median gross rent	$1,564	$1,379
Housing units	1,452	1,324
Homeownership rate	44.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Capitol Heights
Population	3,476 → 3,753 (+8.0%)	4,528 → 4,014 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $70,573 (-10.4%)	$70,919 → $91,938 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$298,600 → $413,100 (+38.3%)	$226,200 → $294,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,409 → $1,564 (+11.0%)	$1,320 → $1,379 (+4.5%)

Brentwood

Population

3,4763,753

Median household income

$78,750$70,573

Median home value

$298,600$413,100

Median gross rent

$1,409$1,564

Capitol Heights

Population

4,5284,014

Median household income

$70,919$91,938

Median home value

$226,200$294,700

Median gross rent

$1,320$1,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Capitol Heights
Under 5	9.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	18.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	4.6%	9.3%
75 and over	4.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Capitol Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	9.9%	0.7%
Black or African American	30.7%	72.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Capitol Heights
No high school diploma	35.0%	23.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Capitol Heights
Drove alone	50.0%	63.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	14.7%
Public transit	21.0%	9.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	7.9%
Other means	7.5%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Capitol Heights
1-unit, detached	56.0%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	34.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Capitol Heights
Poverty rate	11.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.73	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1948	1967