Greenbelt vs Langley Park

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

Greenbelt and Langley Park 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 22,057 in Langley Park). Greenbelt has the higher median household income ($86,352 vs $82,038 in Langley Park). Langley Park has the higher median home value ($348,700 vs $258,600 in Greenbelt).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbelt	Langley Park
Population	24,572	22,057
Median age	37.2 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,352	$82,038
Median home value	$258,600	$348,700
Median gross rent	$1,807	$1,675
Housing units	11,007	5,562
Homeownership rate	47.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbelt	Langley Park
Population	23,219 → 24,572 (+5.8%)	19,520 → 22,057 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$71,734 → $86,352 (+20.4%)	$63,105 → $82,038 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $258,600 (+13.7%)	$269,400 → $348,700 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $1,807 (+12.2%)	$1,403 → $1,675 (+19.4%)

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

Langley Park

Population

19,52022,057

Median household income

$63,105$82,038

Median home value

$269,400$348,700

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbelt	Langley Park
Under 5	6.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.4%	17.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	7.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	3.9%
75 and over	2.8%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbelt	Langley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	2.3%
Black or African American	45.4%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	83.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbelt	Langley Park
No high school diploma	9.8%	59.7%
High school graduate	19.4%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbelt	Langley Park
Drove alone	57.2%	43.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	31.3%
Public transit	12.1%	14.9%
Walked	3.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	2.8%
Other means	2.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbelt	Langley Park
1-unit, detached	10.5%	18.8%
1-unit, attached	29.5%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	50.2%	51.1%
20 or more units	7.0%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenbelt	Langley Park
Poverty rate	18.5%	28.2%
Average household size	2.34	4.00
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1976	1968