Capitol Heights vs Melwood

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

Capitol Heights and Melwood 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 3,734 in Melwood). Capitol Heights has the higher median household income ($91,938 vs $83,917 in Melwood). Melwood has the higher median home value ($430,700 vs $294,700 in Capitol Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Capitol Heights	Melwood
Population	4,014	3,734
Median age	33.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,938	$83,917
Median home value	$294,700	$430,700
Median gross rent	$1,379	$1,277
Housing units	1,324	1,595
Homeownership rate	70.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitol Heights	Melwood
Population	4,528 → 4,014 (-11.4%)	4,289 → 3,734 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$70,919 → $91,938 (+29.6%)	$95,372 → $83,917 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $294,700 (+30.3%)	$316,000 → $430,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,379 (+4.5%)	$1,688 → $1,277 (-24.3%)

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

Melwood

Population

4,2893,734

Median household income

$95,372$83,917

Median home value

$316,000$430,700

Median gross rent

$1,688$1,277

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitol Heights	Melwood
Under 5	7.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.7%
75 and over	3.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitol Heights	Melwood
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	10.6%
Black or African American	72.3%	54.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitol Heights	Melwood
No high school diploma	23.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitol Heights	Melwood
Drove alone	63.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	14.7%	9.5%
Public transit	9.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	14.8%
Other means	3.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitol Heights	Melwood
1-unit, detached	55.7%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	34.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.8%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Capitol Heights	Melwood
Poverty rate	7.5%	11.2%
Average household size	3.19	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1967	1996