Fort Washington vs Greenbelt

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Washington and Greenbelt: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Washington and Greenbelt are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Washington has the higher population (25,843 vs 24,572 in Greenbelt). Fort Washington has the higher median household income ($145,942 vs $86,352 in Greenbelt). Fort Washington has the higher median home value ($464,300 vs $258,600 in Greenbelt).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washington	Greenbelt
Population	25,843	24,572
Median age	45.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$145,942	$86,352
Median home value	$464,300	$258,600
Median gross rent	$2,724	$1,807
Housing units	8,854	11,007
Homeownership rate	91.3%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washington	Greenbelt
Population	24,237 → 25,843 (+6.6%)	23,219 → 24,572 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$117,950 → $145,942 (+23.7%)	$71,734 → $86,352 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$358,500 → $464,300 (+29.5%)	$227,400 → $258,600 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,084 → $2,724 (+30.7%)	$1,610 → $1,807 (+12.2%)

Fort Washington

Population

24,23725,843

Median household income

$117,950$145,942

Median home value

$358,500$464,300

Median gross rent

$2,084$2,724

Greenbelt

Population

23,21924,572

Median household income

$71,734$86,352

Median home value

$227,400$258,600

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Washington	Greenbelt
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washington	Greenbelt
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	20.7%
Black or African American	59.4%	45.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	6.7%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washington	Greenbelt
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	21.4%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washington	Greenbelt
Drove alone	66.9%	57.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.4%
Public transit	4.3%	12.1%
Walked	1.1%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	16.5%	14.5%
Other means	2.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Washington	Greenbelt
1-unit, detached	97.2%	10.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	29.5%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	50.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washington	Greenbelt
Poverty rate	5.4%	18.5%
Average household size	3.00	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	39	34
Median year structure built	1980	1976