Seat Pleasant vs Springdale

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

Seat Pleasant and Springdale 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 4,476 in Springdale). Springdale has the higher median household income ($168,400 vs $54,076 in Seat Pleasant). Springdale has the higher median home value ($436,500 vs $296,600 in Seat Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Seat Pleasant	Springdale
Population	4,515	4,476
Median age	46.2 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,076	$168,400
Median home value	$296,600	$436,500
Median gross rent	$1,392	—
Housing units	2,372	1,352
Homeownership rate	52.4%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	26.2%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seat Pleasant	Springdale
Population	4,739 → 4,515 (-4.7%)	3,199 → 4,476 (+39.9%)
Median household income	$55,370 → $54,076 (-2.3%)	$121,850 → $168,400 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$208,700 → $296,600 (+42.1%)	$333,500 → $436,500 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,392 (+43.1%)	$1,912 → $1,556 (-18.6%)

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

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)

	Seat Pleasant	Springdale
Under 5	8.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	9.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	18.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	19.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	6.1%
75 and over	7.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seat Pleasant	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	0.4%
Black or African American	80.2%	82.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seat Pleasant	Springdale
No high school diploma	9.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	42.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seat Pleasant	Springdale
Drove alone	57.1%	62.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.2%
Public transit	8.9%	4.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	22.7%
Other means	3.5%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seat Pleasant	Springdale
1-unit, detached	44.3%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seat Pleasant	Springdale
Poverty rate	15.6%	1.6%
Average household size	2.05	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1961	1990