Golden Beach vs Lexington Park

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Beach and Lexington Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden Beach and Lexington Park are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lexington Park has the higher population (13,419 vs 3,953 in Golden Beach). Golden Beach has the higher median household income ($140,313 vs $89,167 in Lexington Park). Golden Beach has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $294,500 in Lexington Park).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Beach	Lexington Park
Population	3,953	13,419
Median age	34.7 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$140,313	$89,167
Median home value	$376,200	$294,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,693
Housing units	1,343	6,257
Homeownership rate	97.5%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Beach	Lexington Park
Population	3,060 → 3,953 (+29.2%)	11,082 → 13,419 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$85,843 → $140,313 (+63.5%)	$74,598 → $89,167 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$283,600 → $376,200 (+32.7%)	$203,200 → $294,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,943 (+3.9%)	$1,528 → $1,693 (+10.8%)

Golden Beach

Population

3,0603,953

Median household income

$85,843$140,313

Median home value

$283,600$376,200

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,943

Lexington Park

Population

11,08213,419

Median household income

$74,598$89,167

Median home value

$203,200$294,500

Median gross rent

$1,528$1,693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Beach	Lexington Park
Under 5	10.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	2.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	25.6%
35 to 44	18.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	4.2%
75 and over	3.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Beach	Lexington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	51.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	34.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Beach	Lexington Park
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Beach	Lexington Park
Drove alone	73.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.5%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Beach	Lexington Park
1-unit, detached	98.4%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Golden Beach	Lexington Park
Poverty rate	2.3%	13.3%
Average household size	3.20	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	45	21
Median year structure built	1978	1991