Morningside vs Upper Marlboro

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

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

Morningside has the higher population (1,031 vs 752 in Upper Marlboro). Upper Marlboro has the higher median household income ($115,568 vs $80,000 in Morningside). Upper Marlboro has the higher median home value ($299,700 vs $287,000 in Morningside).

Population, income & housing

	Morningside	Upper Marlboro
Population	1,031	752
Median age	42.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$115,568
Median home value	$287,000	$299,700
Median gross rent	$2,238	$1,786
Housing units	436	368
Homeownership rate	82.5%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morningside	Upper Marlboro
Population	1,246 → 1,031 (-17.3%)	771 → 752 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$74,000 → $80,000 (+8.1%)	$96,125 → $115,568 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$222,700 → $287,000 (+28.9%)	$227,300 → $299,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,758 → $2,238 (+27.3%)	$1,893 → $1,786 (-5.7%)

Morningside

Population

1,2461,031

Median household income

$74,000$80,000

Median home value

$222,700$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,758$2,238

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)

	Morningside	Upper Marlboro
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	20.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	19.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.0%
75 and over	7.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morningside	Upper Marlboro
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	20.6%
Black or African American	43.5%	73.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morningside	Upper Marlboro
No high school diploma	11.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	38.6%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morningside	Upper Marlboro
Drove alone	76.7%	78.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	1.3%
Public transit	10.5%	5.1%
Walked	2.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	10.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morningside	Upper Marlboro
1-unit, detached	94.3%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	43.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morningside	Upper Marlboro
Poverty rate	16.8%	1.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1948	1982