Friendly vs Lanham

A side-by-side comparison of Friendly and Lanham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lanham has the higher population (11,956 vs 11,673 in Friendly). Friendly has the higher median household income ($136,485 vs $95,488 in Lanham). Lanham has the higher median home value ($413,800 vs $407,800 in Friendly).

Population, income & housing

	Friendly	Lanham
Population	11,673	11,956
Median age	44.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$136,485	$95,488
Median home value	$407,800	$413,800
Median gross rent	$2,345	$2,132
Housing units	3,837	3,469
Homeownership rate	90.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendly	Lanham
Population	10,051 → 11,673 (+16.1%)	11,120 → 11,956 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$130,577 → $136,485 (+4.5%)	$85,577 → $95,488 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$320,700 → $407,800 (+27.2%)	$306,800 → $413,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,236 → $2,345 (+4.9%)	$1,538 → $2,132 (+38.6%)

Friendly

Population

10,05111,673

Median household income

$130,577$136,485

Median home value

$320,700$407,800

Median gross rent

$2,236$2,345

Lanham

Population

11,12011,956

Median household income

$85,577$95,488

Median home value

$306,800$413,800

Median gross rent

$1,538$2,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendly	Lanham
Under 5	4.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.3%
75 and over	6.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendly	Lanham
White (non-Hispanic)	6.2%	6.6%
Black or African American	55.0%	53.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendly	Lanham
No high school diploma	10.1%	20.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendly	Lanham
Drove alone	55.2%	65.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	14.5%
Public transit	6.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	11.6%
Other means	2.2%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendly	Lanham
1-unit, detached	99.2%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Friendly	Lanham
Poverty rate	5.0%	8.6%
Average household size	3.16	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	40	33
Median year structure built	1977	1969