Capitol Heights vs Springdale

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

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

Springdale has the higher population (4,476 vs 4,014 in Capitol Heights). Springdale has the higher median household income ($168,400 vs $91,938 in Capitol Heights). Springdale has the higher median home value ($436,500 vs $294,700 in Capitol Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Capitol Heights	Springdale
Population	4,014	4,476
Median age	33.9 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,938	$168,400
Median home value	$294,700	$436,500
Median gross rent	$1,379	—
Housing units	1,324	1,352
Homeownership rate	70.4%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitol Heights	Springdale
Population	4,528 → 4,014 (-11.4%)	3,199 → 4,476 (+39.9%)
Median household income	$70,919 → $91,938 (+29.6%)	$121,850 → $168,400 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $294,700 (+30.3%)	$333,500 → $436,500 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,379 (+4.5%)	$1,912 → $1,556 (-18.6%)

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

Springdale

Population

3,1994,476

Median household income

$121,850$168,400

Median home value

$333,500$436,500

Median gross rent

$1,912$1,556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitol Heights	Springdale
Under 5	7.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	18.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	19.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.1%
75 and over	3.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitol Heights	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.4%
Black or African American	72.3%	82.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitol Heights	Springdale
No high school diploma	23.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	31.1%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitol Heights	Springdale
Drove alone	63.4%	62.5%
Carpooled	14.7%	7.2%
Public transit	9.4%	4.5%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	22.7%
Other means	3.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitol Heights	Springdale
1-unit, detached	55.7%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	34.1%	3.3%
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	Springdale
Poverty rate	7.5%	1.6%
Average household size	3.19	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1967	1990