Marlboro Meadows vs Melwood

A side-by-side comparison of Marlboro Meadows and Melwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marlboro Meadows has the higher population (4,003 vs 3,734 in Melwood). Marlboro Meadows has the higher median household income ($107,585 vs $83,917 in Melwood). Melwood has the higher median home value ($430,700 vs $383,200 in Marlboro Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Marlboro Meadows	Melwood
Population	4,003	3,734
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,585	$83,917
Median home value	$383,200	$430,700
Median gross rent	$2,346	$1,277
Housing units	1,492	1,595
Homeownership rate	95.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marlboro Meadows	Melwood
Population	3,468 → 4,003 (+15.4%)	4,289 → 3,734 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$83,558 → $107,585 (+28.8%)	$95,372 → $83,917 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$271,900 → $383,200 (+40.9%)	$316,000 → $430,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,853 → $2,346 (+26.6%)	$1,688 → $1,277 (-24.3%)

Marlboro Meadows

Population

3,4684,003

Median household income

$83,558$107,585

Median home value

$271,900$383,200

Median gross rent

$1,853$2,346

Melwood

Population

4,2893,734

Median household income

$95,372$83,917

Median home value

$316,000$430,700

Median gross rent

$1,688$1,277

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marlboro Meadows	Melwood
Under 5	3.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	15.7%
75 and over	10.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marlboro Meadows	Melwood
White (non-Hispanic)	4.8%	10.6%
Black or African American	79.0%	54.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marlboro Meadows	Melwood
No high school diploma	9.6%	12.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marlboro Meadows	Melwood
Drove alone	73.2%	70.4%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.5%
Public transit	6.7%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	14.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marlboro Meadows	Melwood
1-unit, detached	90.3%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Marlboro Meadows	Melwood
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1976	1996