Greenbelt vs Landover

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

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

Greenbelt has the higher population (24,572 vs 24,558 in Landover). Greenbelt has the higher median household income ($86,352 vs $68,679 in Landover). Landover has the higher median home value ($301,400 vs $258,600 in Greenbelt).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbelt	Landover
Population	24,572	24,558
Median age	37.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,352	$68,679
Median home value	$258,600	$301,400
Median gross rent	$1,807	$1,659
Housing units	11,007	9,601
Homeownership rate	47.9%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbelt	Landover
Population	23,219 → 24,572 (+5.8%)	22,553 → 24,558 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$71,734 → $86,352 (+20.4%)	$59,935 → $68,679 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $258,600 (+13.7%)	$207,400 → $301,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $1,807 (+12.2%)	$1,393 → $1,659 (+19.1%)

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

Landover

Population

22,55324,558

Median household income

$59,935$68,679

Median home value

$207,400$301,400

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbelt	Landover
Under 5	6.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.8%
75 and over	2.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbelt	Landover
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	2.9%
Black or African American	45.4%	66.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbelt	Landover
No high school diploma	9.8%	19.9%
High school graduate	19.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbelt	Landover
Drove alone	57.2%	64.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.6%
Public transit	12.1%	9.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.5%	8.4%
Other means	2.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbelt	Landover
1-unit, detached	10.5%	28.6%
1-unit, attached	29.5%	30.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	50.2%	35.6%
20 or more units	7.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenbelt	Landover
Poverty rate	18.5%	18.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1976	1970