Kettering vs Summerfield

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

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

Summerfield has the higher population (15,635 vs 13,866 in Kettering). Kettering has the higher median household income ($124,036 vs $92,042 in Summerfield). Kettering has the higher median home value ($416,500 vs $339,800 in Summerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Kettering	Summerfield
Population	13,866	15,635
Median age	49.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$124,036	$92,042
Median home value	$416,500	$339,800
Median gross rent	$2,285	$2,032
Housing units	5,985	6,240
Homeownership rate	88.4%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettering	Summerfield
Population	13,527 → 13,866 (+2.5%)	14,343 → 15,635 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$93,698 → $124,036 (+32.4%)	$82,904 → $92,042 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $416,500 (+38.1%)	$257,700 → $339,800 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,811 → $2,285 (+26.2%)	$1,752 → $2,032 (+16.0%)

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

Summerfield

Population

14,34315,635

Median household income

$82,904$92,042

Median home value

$257,700$339,800

Median gross rent

$1,752$2,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kettering	Summerfield
Under 5	2.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	18.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	7.6%
75 and over	9.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettering	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	1.7%
Black or African American	82.8%	84.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettering	Summerfield
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	19.1%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettering	Summerfield
Drove alone	63.3%	56.9%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.7%
Public transit	6.2%	9.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	18.5%
Other means	0.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettering	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	50.6%	16.9%
1-unit, attached	40.3%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	17.5%
20 or more units	7.5%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kettering	Summerfield
Poverty rate	5.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	37	35
Median year structure built	1989	1987