Croom vs Forest Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Croom and Forest Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forest Heights has the higher population (2,619 vs 2,519 in Croom). Croom has the higher median household income ($176,758 vs $96,434 in Forest Heights). Croom has the higher median home value ($614,500 vs $346,800 in Forest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Croom	Forest Heights
Population	2,519	2,619
Median age	50.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$176,758	$96,434
Median home value	$614,500	$346,800
Median gross rent	$1,367	$2,154
Housing units	981	875
Homeownership rate	89.3%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Croom	Forest Heights
Population	2,174 → 2,519 (+15.9%)	2,565 → 2,619 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$107,279 → $176,758 (+64.8%)	$83,611 → $96,434 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$475,900 → $614,500 (+29.1%)	$219,700 → $346,800 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,054 → $1,367 (-33.4%)	$2,138 → $2,154 (+0.7%)

Croom

Population

2,1742,519

Median household income

$107,279$176,758

Median home value

$475,900$614,500

Median gross rent

$2,054$1,367

Forest Heights

Population

2,5652,619

Median household income

$83,611$96,434

Median home value

$219,700$346,800

Median gross rent

$2,138$2,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Croom	Forest Heights
Under 5	2.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	9.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.9%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	21.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.3%
75 and over	9.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Croom	Forest Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	13.7%
Black or African American	43.3%	48.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Croom	Forest Heights
No high school diploma	4.5%	25.5%
High school graduate	28.1%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Croom	Forest Heights
Drove alone	59.6%	66.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	12.8%
Public transit	3.1%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Croom	Forest Heights
1-unit, detached	97.0%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	22.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Croom	Forest Heights
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.63	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	45	33
Median year structure built	1986	1954