Glenarden vs Riverdale Park

A side-by-side comparison of Glenarden and Riverdale Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverdale Park has the higher population (7,249 vs 6,320 in Glenarden). Riverdale Park has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $96,875 in Glenarden). Riverdale Park has the higher median home value ($447,000 vs $411,900 in Glenarden).

Population, income & housing

	Glenarden	Riverdale Park
Population	6,320	7,249
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,875	$104,583
Median home value	$411,900	$447,000
Median gross rent	$1,684	$1,668
Housing units	2,189	2,385
Homeownership rate	80.8%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenarden	Riverdale Park
Population	6,140 → 6,320 (+2.9%)	7,198 → 7,249 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$86,506 → $96,875 (+12.0%)	$79,219 → $104,583 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$276,400 → $411,900 (+49.0%)	$328,600 → $447,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,316 → $1,684 (+28.0%)	$1,224 → $1,668 (+36.3%)

Glenarden

Population

6,1406,320

Median household income

$86,506$96,875

Median home value

$276,400$411,900

Median gross rent

$1,316$1,684

Riverdale Park

Population

7,1987,249

Median household income

$79,219$104,583

Median home value

$328,600$447,000

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenarden	Riverdale Park
Under 5	4.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	19.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.5%
75 and over	6.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenarden	Riverdale Park
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	17.4%
Black or African American	74.8%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenarden	Riverdale Park
No high school diploma	13.3%	27.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenarden	Riverdale Park
Drove alone	60.0%	50.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	11.5%
Public transit	5.7%	6.8%
Walked	3.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	2.4%	2.1%
Worked from home	15.9%	21.1%
Other means	3.4%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenarden	Riverdale Park
1-unit, detached	70.2%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	17.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	24.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenarden	Riverdale Park
Poverty rate	5.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.90	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1969	1957