Brown Station vs Marlboro Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Brown Station and Marlboro Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marlboro Meadows has the higher population (4,003 vs 3,918 in Brown Station). Brown Station has the higher median household income ($153,750 vs $107,585 in Marlboro Meadows). Brown Station has the higher median home value ($449,700 vs $383,200 in Marlboro Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Brown Station	Marlboro Meadows
Population	3,918	4,003
Median age	51.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$153,750	$107,585
Median home value	$449,700	$383,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,346
Housing units	1,401	1,492
Homeownership rate	73.7%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown Station	Marlboro Meadows
Population	3,596 → 3,918 (+9.0%)	3,468 → 4,003 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$126,250 → $153,750 (+21.8%)	$83,558 → $107,585 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$374,600 → $449,700 (+20.0%)	$271,900 → $383,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,195 → $1,934 (-11.9%)	$1,853 → $2,346 (+26.6%)

Brown Station

Population

3,5963,918

Median household income

$126,250$153,750

Median home value

$374,600$449,700

Median gross rent

$2,195$1,934

Marlboro Meadows

Population

3,4684,003

Median household income

$83,558$107,585

Median home value

$271,900$383,200

Median gross rent

$1,853$2,346

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown Station	Marlboro Meadows
Under 5	4.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.2%
75 and over	8.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown Station	Marlboro Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	4.8%
Black or African American	91.1%	79.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown Station	Marlboro Meadows
No high school diploma	4.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	22.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown Station	Marlboro Meadows
Drove alone	70.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	1.9%
Public transit	9.9%	6.7%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	16.5%
Other means	4.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown Station	Marlboro Meadows
1-unit, detached	82.4%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brown Station	Marlboro Meadows
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1988	1976