Cheverly vs Marlow Heights

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

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

Marlow Heights has the higher population (6,144 vs 6,107 in Cheverly). Cheverly has the higher median household income ($117,633 vs $58,268 in Marlow Heights). Cheverly has the higher median home value ($466,500 vs $366,700 in Marlow Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cheverly	Marlow Heights
Population	6,107	6,144
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,633	$58,268
Median home value	$466,500	$366,700
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,638
Housing units	2,390	2,826
Homeownership rate	74.2%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheverly	Marlow Heights
Population	6,435 → 6,107 (-5.1%)	5,872 → 6,144 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$99,261 → $117,633 (+18.5%)	$68,702 → $58,268 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$352,800 → $466,500 (+32.2%)	$275,300 → $366,700 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,786 (+33.7%)	$1,345 → $1,638 (+21.8%)

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

Marlow Heights

Population

5,8726,144

Median household income

$68,702$58,268

Median home value

$275,300$366,700

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheverly	Marlow Heights
Under 5	9.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.2%
75 and over	7.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheverly	Marlow Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	2.8%
Black or African American	39.3%	84.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheverly	Marlow Heights
No high school diploma	7.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	21.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheverly	Marlow Heights
Drove alone	48.2%	62.4%
Carpooled	15.3%	8.1%
Public transit	9.1%	21.9%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	5.4%
Other means	0.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheverly	Marlow Heights
1-unit, detached	81.1%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	30.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheverly	Marlow Heights
Poverty rate	5.3%	24.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	41
Median year structure built	1953	1972