Lanham vs Largo

A side-by-side comparison of Lanham and Largo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lanham has the higher population (11,956 vs 11,753 in Largo). Largo has the higher median household income ($106,875 vs $95,488 in Lanham). Lanham has the higher median home value ($413,800 vs $362,200 in Largo).

Population, income & housing

	Lanham	Largo
Population	11,956	11,753
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,488	$106,875
Median home value	$413,800	$362,200
Median gross rent	$2,132	$2,138
Housing units	3,469	5,340
Homeownership rate	76.8%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanham	Largo
Population	11,120 → 11,956 (+7.5%)	10,961 → 11,753 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$85,577 → $95,488 (+11.6%)	$87,482 → $106,875 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$306,800 → $413,800 (+34.9%)	$283,900 → $362,200 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,538 → $2,132 (+38.6%)	$1,690 → $2,138 (+26.5%)

Lanham

Population

11,12011,956

Median household income

$85,577$95,488

Median home value

$306,800$413,800

Median gross rent

$1,538$2,132

Largo

Population

10,96111,753

Median household income

$87,482$106,875

Median home value

$283,900$362,200

Median gross rent

$1,690$2,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanham	Largo
Under 5	4.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	19.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.9%
75 and over	6.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanham	Largo
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	3.6%
Black or African American	53.7%	87.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanham	Largo
No high school diploma	20.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	29.0%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	21.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanham	Largo
Drove alone	65.5%	51.0%
Carpooled	14.5%	10.4%
Public transit	3.9%	12.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	24.8%
Other means	4.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanham	Largo
1-unit, detached	91.3%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	21.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	31.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lanham	Largo
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.6%
Average household size	3.65	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1969	1982