District Heights vs Marlow Heights

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

District Heights 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 5,888 in District Heights). District Heights has the higher median household income ($81,750 vs $58,268 in Marlow Heights). Marlow Heights has the higher median home value ($366,700 vs $320,500 in District Heights).

Population, income & housing

	District Heights	Marlow Heights
Population	5,888	6,144
Median age	37.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,750	$58,268
Median home value	$320,500	$366,700
Median gross rent	$1,377	$1,638
Housing units	2,197	2,826
Homeownership rate	68.1%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	District Heights	Marlow Heights
Population	6,000 → 5,888 (-1.9%)	5,872 → 6,144 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$77,278 → $81,750 (+5.8%)	$68,702 → $58,268 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$251,600 → $320,500 (+27.4%)	$275,300 → $366,700 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,248 → $1,377 (+10.3%)	$1,345 → $1,638 (+21.8%)

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

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)

	District Heights	Marlow Heights
Under 5	7.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.2%
75 and over	6.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	District Heights	Marlow Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	2.8%
Black or African American	87.8%	84.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	District Heights	Marlow Heights
No high school diploma	10.6%	12.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	District Heights	Marlow Heights
Drove alone	74.5%	62.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.1%
Public transit	13.7%	21.9%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.4%
Other means	7.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	District Heights	Marlow Heights
1-unit, detached	62.7%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	30.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	District Heights	Marlow Heights
Poverty rate	15.1%	24.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	39	41
Median year structure built	1968	1972