District Heights vs Glenarden

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

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

Glenarden has the higher population (6,320 vs 5,888 in District Heights). Glenarden has the higher median household income ($96,875 vs $81,750 in District Heights). Glenarden has the higher median home value ($411,900 vs $320,500 in District Heights).

Population, income & housing

	District Heights	Glenarden
Population	5,888	6,320
Median age	37.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,750	$96,875
Median home value	$320,500	$411,900
Median gross rent	$1,377	$1,684
Housing units	2,197	2,189
Homeownership rate	68.1%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	District Heights	Glenarden
Population	6,000 → 5,888 (-1.9%)	6,140 → 6,320 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$77,278 → $81,750 (+5.8%)	$86,506 → $96,875 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$251,600 → $320,500 (+27.4%)	$276,400 → $411,900 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,248 → $1,377 (+10.3%)	$1,316 → $1,684 (+28.0%)

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

Glenarden

Population

6,1406,320

Median household income

$86,506$96,875

Median home value

$276,400$411,900

Median gross rent

$1,316$1,684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	District Heights	Glenarden
Under 5	7.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	19.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.6%
75 and over	6.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	District Heights	Glenarden
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	2.6%
Black or African American	87.8%	74.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	District Heights	Glenarden
No high school diploma	10.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	District Heights	Glenarden
Drove alone	74.5%	60.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.6%
Public transit	13.7%	5.7%
Walked	0.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	1.8%	15.9%
Other means	7.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	District Heights	Glenarden
1-unit, detached	62.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	District Heights	Glenarden
Poverty rate	15.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.82	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	39	34
Median year structure built	1968	1969