East Riverdale vs Oxon Hill

A side-by-side comparison of East Riverdale and Oxon Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

East Riverdale and Oxon Hill are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Riverdale has the higher population (19,043 vs 18,491 in Oxon Hill). Oxon Hill has the higher median household income ($94,989 vs $82,401 in East Riverdale). East Riverdale has the higher median home value ($346,700 vs $345,500 in Oxon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	East Riverdale	Oxon Hill
Population	19,043	18,491
Median age	29.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,401	$94,989
Median home value	$346,700	$345,500
Median gross rent	$1,649	$1,673
Housing units	4,992	8,126
Homeownership rate	51.9%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Riverdale	Oxon Hill
Population	16,416 → 19,043 (+16.0%)	18,080 → 18,491 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$63,712 → $82,401 (+29.3%)	$88,327 → $94,989 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$249,700 → $346,700 (+38.8%)	$244,800 → $345,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,346 → $1,649 (+22.5%)	$1,509 → $1,673 (+10.9%)

East Riverdale

Population

16,41619,043

Median household income

$63,712$82,401

Median home value

$249,700$346,700

Median gross rent

$1,346$1,649

Oxon Hill

Population

18,08018,491

Median household income

$88,327$94,989

Median home value

$244,800$345,500

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Riverdale	Oxon Hill
Under 5	9.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.2%	13.0%
75 and over	1.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Riverdale	Oxon Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	5.7%	4.4%
Black or African American	17.9%	63.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	3.4%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	70.5%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Riverdale	Oxon Hill
No high school diploma	38.7%	18.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Riverdale	Oxon Hill
Drove alone	53.9%	63.9%
Carpooled	21.2%	10.3%
Public transit	10.3%	6.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	15.7%
Other means	7.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Riverdale	Oxon Hill
1-unit, detached	52.1%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	19.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	East Riverdale	Oxon Hill
Poverty rate	22.8%	6.4%
Average household size	3.94	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1960	1972