Marlow Heights vs Riverdale Park

A side-by-side comparison of Marlow Heights and Riverdale Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Marlow Heights and Riverdale Park are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverdale Park has the higher population (7,249 vs 6,144 in Marlow Heights). Riverdale Park has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $58,268 in Marlow Heights). Riverdale Park has the higher median home value ($447,000 vs $366,700 in Marlow Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Marlow Heights	Riverdale Park
Population	6,144	7,249
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,268	$104,583
Median home value	$366,700	$447,000
Median gross rent	$1,638	$1,668
Housing units	2,826	2,385
Homeownership rate	45.0%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marlow Heights	Riverdale Park
Population	5,872 → 6,144 (+4.6%)	7,198 → 7,249 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$68,702 → $58,268 (-15.2%)	$79,219 → $104,583 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$275,300 → $366,700 (+33.2%)	$328,600 → $447,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,638 (+21.8%)	$1,224 → $1,668 (+36.3%)

Marlow Heights

Population

5,8726,144

Median household income

$68,702$58,268

Median home value

$275,300$366,700

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,638

Riverdale Park

Population

7,1987,249

Median household income

$79,219$104,583

Median home value

$328,600$447,000

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marlow Heights	Riverdale Park
Under 5	4.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.5%
75 and over	8.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marlow Heights	Riverdale Park
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	17.4%
Black or African American	84.0%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	52.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marlow Heights	Riverdale Park
No high school diploma	12.8%	27.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marlow Heights	Riverdale Park
Drove alone	62.4%	50.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.5%
Public transit	21.9%	6.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	21.1%
Other means	2.2%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marlow Heights	Riverdale Park
1-unit, detached	42.6%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	30.5%	17.0%
20 or more units	15.9%	24.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marlow Heights	Riverdale Park
Poverty rate	24.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.24	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	41	32
Median year structure built	1972	1957