Temple Hills vs Walker Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Temple Hills and Walker Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

Temple Hills and Walker Mill are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Walker Mill has the higher population (9,626 vs 8,740 in Temple Hills). Walker Mill has the higher median household income ($74,200 vs $70,097 in Temple Hills). Walker Mill has the higher median home value ($362,500 vs $340,800 in Temple Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Temple Hills	Walker Mill
Population	8,740	9,626
Median age	37.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,097	$74,200
Median home value	$340,800	$362,500
Median gross rent	$1,743	$1,501
Housing units	4,120	4,489
Homeownership rate	36.6%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Temple Hills	Walker Mill
Population	7,926 → 8,740 (+10.3%)	10,904 → 9,626 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$65,821 → $70,097 (+6.5%)	$70,349 → $74,200 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$261,600 → $340,800 (+30.3%)	$254,900 → $362,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,743 (+22.7%)	$1,248 → $1,501 (+20.3%)

Temple Hills

Population

7,9268,740

Median household income

$65,821$70,097

Median home value

$261,600$340,800

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,743

Walker Mill

Population

10,9049,626

Median household income

$70,349$74,200

Median home value

$254,900$362,500

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Temple Hills	Walker Mill
Under 5	4.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.1%
75 and over	3.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Temple Hills	Walker Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	1.2%
Black or African American	78.2%	82.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Temple Hills	Walker Mill
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	37.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Temple Hills	Walker Mill
Drove alone	63.6%	59.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.8%
Public transit	11.7%	20.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	10.9%
Other means	2.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Temple Hills	Walker Mill
1-unit, detached	28.0%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	29.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	50.8%	20.2%
20 or more units	12.5%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Temple Hills	Walker Mill
Poverty rate	12.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1973	1974