Cheverly vs District Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Cheverly and District Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cheverly has the higher population (6,107 vs 5,888 in District Heights). Cheverly has the higher median household income ($117,633 vs $81,750 in District Heights). Cheverly has the higher median home value ($466,500 vs $320,500 in District Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cheverly	District Heights
Population	6,107	5,888
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$117,633	$81,750
Median home value	$466,500	$320,500
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,377
Housing units	2,390	2,197
Homeownership rate	74.2%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheverly	District Heights
Population	6,435 → 6,107 (-5.1%)	6,000 → 5,888 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$99,261 → $117,633 (+18.5%)	$77,278 → $81,750 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$352,800 → $466,500 (+32.2%)	$251,600 → $320,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,786 (+33.7%)	$1,248 → $1,377 (+10.3%)

Cheverly

Population

6,4356,107

Median household income

$99,261$117,633

Median home value

$352,800$466,500

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,786

District Heights

Population

6,0005,888

Median household income

$77,278$81,750

Median home value

$251,600$320,500

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheverly	District Heights
Under 5	9.7%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.0%
75 and over	7.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheverly	District Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	3.4%
Black or African American	39.3%	87.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	9.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheverly	District Heights
No high school diploma	7.1%	10.6%
High school graduate	21.3%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheverly	District Heights
Drove alone	48.2%	74.5%
Carpooled	15.3%	2.7%
Public transit	9.1%	13.7%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	1.8%
Other means	0.4%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheverly	District Heights
1-unit, detached	81.1%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheverly	District Heights
Poverty rate	5.3%	15.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1953	1968