Capitol Heights vs Marlboro Meadows

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

Capitol Heights and Marlboro Meadows 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 4,003 in Marlboro Meadows). Marlboro Meadows has the higher median household income ($107,585 vs $91,938 in Capitol Heights). Marlboro Meadows has the higher median home value ($383,200 vs $294,700 in Capitol Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Capitol Heights	Marlboro Meadows
Population	4,014	4,003
Median age	33.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,938	$107,585
Median home value	$294,700	$383,200
Median gross rent	$1,379	$2,346
Housing units	1,324	1,492
Homeownership rate	70.4%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitol Heights	Marlboro Meadows
Population	4,528 → 4,014 (-11.4%)	3,468 → 4,003 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$70,919 → $91,938 (+29.6%)	$83,558 → $107,585 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $294,700 (+30.3%)	$271,900 → $383,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,379 (+4.5%)	$1,853 → $2,346 (+26.6%)

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

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)

	Capitol Heights	Marlboro Meadows
Under 5	7.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.2%
75 and over	3.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitol Heights	Marlboro Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	4.8%
Black or African American	72.3%	79.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitol Heights	Marlboro Meadows
No high school diploma	23.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitol Heights	Marlboro Meadows
Drove alone	63.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	14.7%	1.9%
Public transit	9.4%	6.7%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	16.5%
Other means	3.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitol Heights	Marlboro Meadows
1-unit, detached	55.7%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	34.1%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Capitol Heights	Marlboro Meadows
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	37	38
Median year structure built	1967	1976