Clinton vs Fort Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Fort Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

Clinton and Fort Washington are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clinton has the higher population (38,756 vs 25,843 in Fort Washington). Fort Washington has the higher median household income ($145,942 vs $120,967 in Clinton). Fort Washington has the higher median home value ($464,300 vs $400,300 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Fort Washington
Population	38,756	25,843
Median age	45.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,967	$145,942
Median home value	$400,300	$464,300
Median gross rent	$1,665	$2,724
Housing units	14,080	8,854
Homeownership rate	90.4%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Fort Washington
Population	39,018 → 38,756 (-0.7%)	24,237 → 25,843 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$112,771 → $120,967 (+7.3%)	$117,950 → $145,942 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$299,800 → $400,300 (+33.5%)	$358,500 → $464,300 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,954 → $1,665 (-14.8%)	$2,084 → $2,724 (+30.7%)

Clinton

Population

39,01838,756

Median household income

$112,771$120,967

Median home value

$299,800$400,300

Median gross rent

$1,954$1,665

Fort Washington

Population

24,23725,843

Median household income

$117,950$145,942

Median home value

$358,500$464,300

Median gross rent

$2,084$2,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Fort Washington
Under 5	3.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.5%
75 and over	6.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Fort Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	7.0%	10.3%
Black or African American	76.3%	59.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Fort Washington
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	29.2%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Fort Washington
Drove alone	64.0%	66.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.2%
Public transit	5.4%	4.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	16.5%
Other means	4.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Fort Washington
1-unit, detached	85.6%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Fort Washington
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.77	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1987	1980