Maryland Park vs Upper Marlboro

A side-by-side comparison of Maryland Park and Upper Marlboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maryland Park has the higher population (888 vs 752 in Upper Marlboro). Upper Marlboro has the higher median household income ($115,568 vs $88,068 in Maryland Park). Maryland Park has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $299,700 in Upper Marlboro).

Population, income & housing

	Maryland Park	Upper Marlboro
Population	888	752
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,068	$115,568
Median home value	$350,900	$299,700
Median gross rent	$2,947	$1,786
Housing units	364	368
Homeownership rate	62.1%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maryland Park	Upper Marlboro
Population	717 → 888 (+23.8%)	771 → 752 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$93,692 → $88,068 (-6.0%)	$96,125 → $115,568 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$230,000 → $350,900 (+52.6%)	$227,300 → $299,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,180 → $2,947 (+35.2%)	$1,893 → $1,786 (-5.7%)

Maryland Park

Population

717888

Median household income

$93,692$88,068

Median home value

$230,000$350,900

Median gross rent

$2,180$2,947

Upper Marlboro

Population

771752

Median household income

$96,125$115,568

Median home value

$227,300$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,893$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maryland Park	Upper Marlboro
Under 5	2.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	22.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	20.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	19.3%
45 to 54	22.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	7.3%
65 to 74	2.0%	6.0%
75 and over	11.9%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maryland Park	Upper Marlboro
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	20.6%
Black or African American	75.7%	73.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maryland Park	Upper Marlboro
No high school diploma	25.9%	0.6%
High school graduate	17.6%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maryland Park	Upper Marlboro
Drove alone	46.9%	78.6%
Carpooled	15.7%	1.3%
Public transit	18.9%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maryland Park	Upper Marlboro
1-unit, detached	84.6%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	43.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maryland Park	Upper Marlboro
Poverty rate	18.1%	1.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1946	1982