Marlton vs Walker Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Marlton and Walker Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marlton has the higher population (10,223 vs 9,626 in Walker Mill). Marlton has the higher median household income ($119,486 vs $74,200 in Walker Mill). Marlton has the higher median home value ($398,900 vs $362,500 in Walker Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Marlton	Walker Mill
Population	10,223	9,626
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,486	$74,200
Median home value	$398,900	$362,500
Median gross rent	$1,857	$1,501
Housing units	3,990	4,489
Homeownership rate	88.4%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marlton	Walker Mill
Population	9,071 → 10,223 (+12.7%)	10,904 → 9,626 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$108,506 → $119,486 (+10.1%)	$70,349 → $74,200 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$293,200 → $398,900 (+36.1%)	$254,900 → $362,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,693 → $1,857 (+9.7%)	$1,248 → $1,501 (+20.3%)

Marlton

Population

9,07110,223

Median household income

$108,506$119,486

Median home value

$293,200$398,900

Median gross rent

$1,693$1,857

Walker Mill

Population

10,9049,626

Median household income

$70,349$74,200

Median home value

$254,900$362,500

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marlton	Walker Mill
Under 5	4.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.1%
75 and over	5.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marlton	Walker Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	9.0%	1.2%
Black or African American	83.6%	82.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.2%
Some other race	1.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marlton	Walker Mill
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	24.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marlton	Walker Mill
Drove alone	66.5%	59.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.8%
Public transit	1.2%	20.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	10.9%
Other means	3.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marlton	Walker Mill
1-unit, detached	58.7%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	31.6%	29.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	20.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Marlton	Walker Mill
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	41	39
Median year structure built	1988	1974