National Harbor vs Springdale

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

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

Springdale has the higher population (4,476 vs 4,418 in National Harbor). Springdale has the higher median household income ($168,400 vs $133,616 in National Harbor). National Harbor has the higher median home value ($462,000 vs $436,500 in Springdale).

Population, income & housing

	National Harbor	Springdale
Population	4,418	4,476
Median age	49.8 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$133,616	$168,400
Median home value	$462,000	$436,500
Median gross rent	$2,293	—
Housing units	2,583	1,352
Homeownership rate	54.4%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National Harbor	Springdale
Population	4,296 → 4,418 (+2.8%)	3,199 → 4,476 (+39.9%)
Median household income	$89,838 → $133,616 (+48.7%)	$121,850 → $168,400 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$358,000 → $462,000 (+29.1%)	$333,500 → $436,500 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $2,293 (+69.6%)	$1,912 → $1,556 (-18.6%)

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

Springdale

Population

3,1994,476

Median household income

$121,850$168,400

Median home value

$333,500$436,500

Median gross rent

$1,912$1,556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	National Harbor	Springdale
Under 5	2.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	2.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	18.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	19.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	6.1%
75 and over	5.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National Harbor	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	0.4%
Black or African American	48.4%	82.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.8%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National Harbor	Springdale
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	17.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National Harbor	Springdale
Drove alone	65.2%	62.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.2%
Public transit	6.8%	4.5%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	22.7%
Other means	2.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National Harbor	Springdale
1-unit, detached	22.6%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	46.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	National Harbor	Springdale
Poverty rate	6.5%	1.6%
Average household size	1.82	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	2002	1990