District Heights vs Peppermill Village

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

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

District Heights has the higher population (5,888 vs 5,268 in Peppermill Village). Peppermill Village has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $81,750 in District Heights). Peppermill Village has the higher median home value ($331,400 vs $320,500 in District Heights).

Population, income & housing

	District Heights	Peppermill Village
Population	5,888	5,268
Median age	37.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,750	$89,375
Median home value	$320,500	$331,400
Median gross rent	$1,377	$1,176
Housing units	2,197	1,949
Homeownership rate	68.1%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	District Heights	Peppermill Village
Population	6,000 → 5,888 (-1.9%)	4,575 → 5,268 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$77,278 → $81,750 (+5.8%)	$80,278 → $89,375 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$251,600 → $320,500 (+27.4%)	$248,500 → $331,400 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,248 → $1,377 (+10.3%)	$1,651 → $1,176 (-28.8%)

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

Peppermill Village

Population

4,5755,268

Median household income

$80,278$89,375

Median home value

$248,500$331,400

Median gross rent

$1,651$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	District Heights	Peppermill Village
Under 5	7.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.2%
75 and over	6.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	District Heights	Peppermill Village
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	2.8%
Black or African American	87.8%	76.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	District Heights	Peppermill Village
No high school diploma	10.6%	13.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	District Heights	Peppermill Village
Drove alone	74.5%	51.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	16.8%
Public transit	13.7%	14.8%
Walked	0.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	1.8%	8.4%
Other means	7.2%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	District Heights	Peppermill Village
1-unit, detached	62.7%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	30.2%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	District Heights	Peppermill Village
Poverty rate	15.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	39	40
Median year structure built	1968	1975