Capitol Heights vs Seat Pleasant

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

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

Seat Pleasant has the higher population (4,515 vs 4,014 in Capitol Heights). Capitol Heights has the higher median household income ($91,938 vs $54,076 in Seat Pleasant). Seat Pleasant has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $294,700 in Capitol Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Capitol Heights	Seat Pleasant
Population	4,014	4,515
Median age	33.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,938	$54,076
Median home value	$294,700	$296,600
Median gross rent	$1,379	$1,392
Housing units	1,324	2,372
Homeownership rate	70.4%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	26.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitol Heights	Seat Pleasant
Population	4,528 → 4,014 (-11.4%)	4,739 → 4,515 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$70,919 → $91,938 (+29.6%)	$55,370 → $54,076 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $294,700 (+30.3%)	$208,700 → $296,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,379 (+4.5%)	$973 → $1,392 (+43.1%)

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

Seat Pleasant

Population

4,7394,515

Median household income

$55,370$54,076

Median home value

$208,700$296,600

Median gross rent

$973$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitol Heights	Seat Pleasant
Under 5	7.7%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.0%	9.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	14.6%
75 and over	3.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitol Heights	Seat Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.3%
Black or African American	72.3%	80.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitol Heights	Seat Pleasant
No high school diploma	23.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	31.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitol Heights	Seat Pleasant
Drove alone	63.4%	57.1%
Carpooled	14.7%	5.2%
Public transit	9.4%	8.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	25.3%
Other means	3.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitol Heights	Seat Pleasant
1-unit, detached	55.7%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	34.1%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	20.8%
20 or more units	9.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Capitol Heights	Seat Pleasant
Poverty rate	7.5%	15.6%
Average household size	3.19	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1967	1961