Kettering vs New Carrollton

A side-by-side comparison of Kettering and New Carrollton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kettering has the higher population (13,866 vs 13,544 in New Carrollton). Kettering has the higher median household income ($124,036 vs $80,292 in New Carrollton). Kettering has the higher median home value ($416,500 vs $378,300 in New Carrollton).

Population, income & housing

	Kettering	New Carrollton
Population	13,866	13,544
Median age	49.3 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,036	$80,292
Median home value	$416,500	$378,300
Median gross rent	$2,285	$1,745
Housing units	5,985	4,671
Homeownership rate	88.4%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettering	New Carrollton
Population	13,527 → 13,866 (+2.5%)	12,935 → 13,544 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$93,698 → $124,036 (+32.4%)	$66,991 → $80,292 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $416,500 (+38.1%)	$271,100 → $378,300 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,811 → $2,285 (+26.2%)	$1,417 → $1,745 (+23.1%)

Kettering

Population

13,52713,866

Median household income

$93,698$124,036

Median home value

$301,500$416,500

Median gross rent

$1,811$2,285

New Carrollton

Population

12,93513,544

Median household income

$66,991$80,292

Median home value

$271,100$378,300

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kettering	New Carrollton
Under 5	2.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	20.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.5%
75 and over	9.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettering	New Carrollton
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	4.8%
Black or African American	82.8%	60.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettering	New Carrollton
No high school diploma	4.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	19.1%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettering	New Carrollton
Drove alone	63.3%	71.9%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.0%
Public transit	6.2%	6.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettering	New Carrollton
1-unit, detached	50.6%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	40.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	43.3%
20 or more units	7.5%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Kettering	New Carrollton
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.9%
Average household size	2.34	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1989	1965