Greenbelt, MD (Maryland) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 21,098 (All urban)

Greenbelt, Maryland Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 10,146 (9,342 occupied: 4,293 owner occupied, 5,049 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	54%
State:	32%

Housing density: 1696 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $342,460.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,076 (lower quartile is $959, upper quartile is $1,265)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,091

Median gross rent in Greenbelt, MD in 2007: $1,148

Housing units in Greenbelt with a mortgage: 2,379 (185 second mortgage, 139 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 612

Greenbelt,MD index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $228,997 (it was $92,800 in 2000)

Greenbelt:	$228,997
Maryland:	$347,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $142,093 - $419,162

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $481,716
Here: $481,716
State: $459,189

Townhouses or other attached units: $228,997
Here: $228,997
State: $274,414

In 2-unit structures: $67,377
Here: $67,377
State: $238,436

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $89,314
Here: $89,314
State: $273,938

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $207,506
Here: $207,506
State: $280,693

Household type by relationship

Households: 21,390

In family households: 15,502 (3,017 male householders, 1,943 female householders)
2,975 spouses, 5,644 children (5,331 natural, 118 adopted, 195 stepchildren), 211 grandchildren, 380 brothers or sisters, 235 parents, 490 other relatives, 607 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,888 (1,798 male householders (1,249 living alone)), 2,542 female householders (1,977 living alone)), 1,548 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,010 2-persons, 1,323 3-persons, 918 4-persons, 456 5-persons, 195 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,226 1-person, 794 2-persons, 222 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons.

2,610 married couples with children.
1,587 single-parent households (277 men, 1,310 women).

70.6% of residents of Greenbelt speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
7.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
9.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
6.1% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 5,822 (27.2%)
(26.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	6.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Greenbelt, Maryland:
	1 room: 19 2 rooms: 76 3 rooms: 398 4 rooms: 563 5 rooms: 1,064 6 rooms: 894 7 rooms: 434 8 rooms: 378 9 or more rooms: 467

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greenbelt, Maryland:
	1 room: 291 2 rooms: 845 3 rooms: 1,054 4 rooms: 1,217 5 rooms: 889 6 rooms: 479 7 rooms: 193 8 rooms: 62 9 or more rooms: 19

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 109
1995 to 1998: 425
1990 to 1994: 372
1980 to 1989: 1,543
1970 to 1979: 2,742
1960 to 1969: 2,334
1950 to 1959: 645
1940 to 1949: 740
1939 or earlier: 1,236

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Greenbelt:
	no bedroom: 29 1 bedroom: 490 2 bedrooms: 1,562 3 bedrooms: 1,476 4 bedrooms: 585 5 or more bedrooms: 151

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greenbelt:
	no bedroom: 306 1 bedroom: 2,100 2 bedrooms: 1,884 3 bedrooms: 675 4 bedrooms: 84 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Greenbelt in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 178 1 vehicle: 2,162 2 vehicles: 1,536 3 vehicles: 298 4 vehicles: 79 5 or more vehicles: 40

Cars and other vehicles available in Greenbelt in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 760 1 vehicle: 2,742 2 vehicles: 1,227 3 vehicles: 277 4 vehicles: 33 5 or more vehicles: 10

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Greenbelt, MD:

Less than $10,000: 3
$10,000 to $14,999: 2
$15,000 to $19,999: 2
$20,000 to $24,999: 2
$25,000 to $29,999: 3
$30,000 to $34,999: 3
$35,000 to $39,999: 4
$40,000 to $49,999: 9
$50,000 to $59,999: 5
$60,000 to $69,999: 41
$70,000 to $79,999: 50
$80,000 to $89,999: 56
$90,000 to $99,999: 71
$100,000 to $124,999: 323
$125,000 to $149,999: 349
$150,000 to $174,999: 433
$175,000 to $199,999: 412
$200,000 to $249,999: 543
$250,000 to $299,999: 282
$300,000 to $399,999: 851
$400,000 to $499,999: 400
$500,000 to $749,999: 380
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Greenbelt rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Greenbelt:

Less than $100: 16 people
$100 to $149: 17
$150 to $199: 43
$200 to $249: 33
$250 to $299: 25
$300 to $349: 23
$350 to $399: 42
$400 to $449: 14
$450 to $499: 9
$500 to $549: 15
$550 to $599: 45
$600 to $649: 24
$650 to $699: 29
$700 to $749: 64
$750 to $799: 92
$800 to $899: 319
$900 to $999: 835
$1,000 to $1,249: 2,265
$1,250 to $1,499: 672
$1,500 to $1,999: 309
$2,000 or more: 24
No cash rent: 39

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,534 1990 to 1994: 1,103 1985 to 1989: 803 1980 to 1984: 635 1975 to 1979: 326 1970 to 1974: 221 1970 to 1974: 81 1965 to 1969: 119

Greenbelt, MD Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 49.0%
Number of people working at home: 334 (2.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 167
5 to 9 minutes: 556
10 to 14 minutes: 1377
15 to 19 minutes: 1550
20 to 24 minutes: 1462
25 to 29 minutes: 673
30 to 34 minutes: 1663
35 to 39 minutes: 486
40 to 44 minutes: 616
45 to 59 minutes: 1783
60 to 89 minutes: 1266
90 or more minutes: 312

Greenbelt mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,505 (69%)
Carpooled: 1,292 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 454 (4%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 17 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 1,100 (9%)
Railroad: 93 (1%)
Taxi: 48 (0%)
Bicycle: 30 (0%)
Walked: 307 (3%)
Other means: 65 (1%)
Worked at home: 334 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 516
$10,000 to $14,999: 239
$15,000 to $19,999: 440
$20,000 to $24,999: 407
$25,000 to $29,999: 605
$30,000 to $34,999: 781
$35,000 to $39,999: 784
$40,000 to $44,999: 664
$45,000 to $49,999: 619
$50,000 to $59,999: 912
$60,000 to $74,999: 1099
$75,000 to $99,999: 1082
$100,000 to $124,999: 551
$125,000 to $149,999: 334
$150,000 to $199,999: 169
$200,000 or more: 98

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 9721

Subsaharan African:: 1981

German: 1151

Irish: 1108

English: 938

United States or American: 814

African: 668

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 658

Nigerian: 599

Jamaican: 503

Italian: 422

Russian: 276

Polish: 268

Scotch-Irish: 202

Sierra Leonean: 201

Other Subsaharan African: 189

European: 176

Arab:: 162

Ghanian: 154

Scottish: 140

Welsh: 133

French (except Basque): 124

Dutch: 106

Norwegian: 92

Swedish: 80

Ethiopian: 79

Hungarian: 78

West Indian: 67

Brazilian: 65

Guyanese: 63

Portuguese: 60

Lithuanian: 59

Danish: 57

Iranian: 57

British: 54

Syrian: 50

Palestinian: 48

Swiss: 44

French Canadian: 44

Slovak: 43

Sudanese: 37

Turkish: 35

Barbadian: 31

Kenyan: 28

Canadian: 27

Haitian: 26

British West Indian: 25

Jordanian: 23

Bulgarian: 22

Northern European: 20

Ukrainian: 18

Egyptian: 18

Israeli: 18

Greek: 18

Finnish: 17

Czechoslovakian: 16

Arab/Arabic: 13

Czech: 12

Latvian: 11

Ugandan: 11

Other Arab: 10

Romanian: 10

Cape Verdean: 9

Armenian: 9

Austrian: 7

South African: 6

Slovene: 6

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 6

Serbian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

India (10%)
Korea (9%)
Nigeria (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Ghana (6%)
Jamaica (6%)
Sierra Leone (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 4708
Northeast: 2590
Midwest: 1115
South: 6361
West: 485

39% of Greenbelt residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Maryland.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 37
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 36
7th and 8th grade: 113
9th grade: 72
10th grade: 55
11th grade: 46
12th grade, no diploma: 135
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,264
Less than 1 year of college: 456
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 839
Associate degree: 241
Bachelor's degree: 1,669
Master's degree: 711
Professional school degree: 261
Doctorate degree: 452

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 57
Nursery to 4th grade: 10
5th and 6th grade: 113
7th and 8th grade: 68
9th grade: 94
10th grade: 33
11th grade: 48
12th grade, no diploma: 246
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,605
Less than 1 year of college: 555
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,088
Associate degree: 439
Bachelor's degree: 1,717
Master's degree: 1,042
Professional school degree: 223
Doctorate degree: 182

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 1.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 3.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 3.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 3.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 5.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $55,985
Black householders: $58,363
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $48,992
Asian householders: $71,867
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $36,638
Some other race householders: $53,453
Two or more races householders: $74,177
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $59,102

Greenbelt household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Greenbelt household income for Black householders

Greenbelt household income for Asian householders

Greenbelt household income for Some other race householders

Greenbelt household income for Two or more races householders

Greenbelt household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Greenbelt marital status for males

Greenbelt marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $190,995
Black or African American householders: $348,677
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $302,779
Asian householders: $411,355
Some other race householders: $400,991
Two or more races householders: $415,303
Hispanic or Latino householders: $383,964

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 979
One, attached: 2,679
Two: 125
3 or 4: 214
5 to 9: 1,495
10 to 19: 3,914
20 to 49: 365
50 or more: 375

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Greenbelt:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (62%) Utility gas (33%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (59%) Electricity (35%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 362

Here:	16.5%
Maryland:	14.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 70

Here:	7.0%
Maryland:	13.3%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 427

Here:	19.5%
Maryland:	21.7%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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