National Harbor vs Seat Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of National Harbor and Seat Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

National Harbor and Seat Pleasant are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Seat Pleasant has the higher population (4,515 vs 4,418 in National Harbor). National Harbor has the higher median household income ($133,616 vs $54,076 in Seat Pleasant). National Harbor has the higher median home value ($462,000 vs $296,600 in Seat Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	National Harbor	Seat Pleasant
Population	4,418	4,515
Median age	49.8 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,616	$54,076
Median home value	$462,000	$296,600
Median gross rent	$2,293	$1,392
Housing units	2,583	2,372
Homeownership rate	54.4%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	26.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National Harbor	Seat Pleasant
Population	4,296 → 4,418 (+2.8%)	4,739 → 4,515 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$89,838 → $133,616 (+48.7%)	$55,370 → $54,076 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$358,000 → $462,000 (+29.1%)	$208,700 → $296,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $2,293 (+69.6%)	$973 → $1,392 (+43.1%)

National Harbor

Population

4,2964,418

Median household income

$89,838$133,616

Median home value

$358,000$462,000

Median gross rent

$1,352$2,293

Seat Pleasant

Population

4,7394,515

Median household income

$55,370$54,076

Median home value

$208,700$296,600

Median gross rent

$973$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	National Harbor	Seat Pleasant
Under 5	2.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	2.3%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	14.6%
75 and over	5.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National Harbor	Seat Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	0.3%
Black or African American	48.4%	80.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National Harbor	Seat Pleasant
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National Harbor	Seat Pleasant
Drove alone	65.2%	57.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.2%
Public transit	6.8%	8.9%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	25.3%
Other means	2.3%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National Harbor	Seat Pleasant
1-unit, detached	22.6%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	20.8%
20 or more units	46.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	National Harbor	Seat Pleasant
Poverty rate	6.5%	15.6%
Average household size	1.82	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	2002	1961