Greenbelt vs Suitland

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

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

Suitland has the higher population (24,667 vs 24,572 in Greenbelt). Greenbelt has the higher median household income ($86,352 vs $71,886 in Suitland). Suitland has the higher median home value ($312,600 vs $258,600 in Greenbelt).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbelt	Suitland
Population	24,572	24,667
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,352	$71,886
Median home value	$258,600	$312,600
Median gross rent	$1,807	$1,684
Housing units	11,007	11,549
Homeownership rate	47.9%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbelt	Suitland
Population	23,219 → 24,572 (+5.8%)	24,522 → 24,667 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$71,734 → $86,352 (+20.4%)	$62,073 → $71,886 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $258,600 (+13.7%)	$225,400 → $312,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $1,807 (+12.2%)	$1,397 → $1,684 (+20.5%)

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

Suitland

Population

24,52224,667

Median household income

$62,073$71,886

Median home value

$225,400$312,600

Median gross rent

$1,397$1,684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbelt	Suitland
Under 5	6.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	19.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	17.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.6%
75 and over	2.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbelt	Suitland
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	1.9%
Black or African American	45.4%	88.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbelt	Suitland
No high school diploma	9.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	19.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbelt	Suitland
Drove alone	57.2%	55.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.1%
Public transit	12.1%	19.4%
Walked	3.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	14.8%
Other means	2.2%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbelt	Suitland
1-unit, detached	10.5%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	29.5%	18.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	50.2%	50.9%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Greenbelt	Suitland
Poverty rate	18.5%	12.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1976	1973