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District Heights city, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
District Heights city is a Census city of 5,891 people across 0.87 square miles of land, in Prince George's County. Median household income is $86,955, 71.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $771,000.
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District Heights
What District Heights is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.87 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,803
- County holding the largest share of its areaPrince George's County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in District Heights
- Population5,891
- Median age34.4
- Population under 181,513 plus or minus 331
- Share under 1825.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over1,047 plus or minus 224
- Share 65 and over17.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households1,981
- Family households1,349
- Share of households that are families68.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in District Heights
- Median household income$86,955 plus or minus $35,457
- Per capita income$33,999
- Civilian labor force2,769
- Employed2,581
- Unemployed188 plus or minus 104
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over3,809
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.5 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in District Heights
- Housing units2,092
- Occupied units1,981
- Vacant units111 plus or minus 89
- Vacancy rate5.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied1,422
- Renter occupied559 plus or minus 176
- Ownership rate71.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$339,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,379 plus or minus $378
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.0 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Single family units1,546
- Share single family73.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more537 plus or minus 222
- Share in buildings of two or more25.7 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How District Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,477
- Commuting under 15 minutes171 plus or minus 94
- Share commuting under 15 minutes6.9 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,416
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more57.2 percent
- Drove alone77.1 percent
- Carpooled7.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport11.9 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home2.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to District Heights borrowers
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$771,000
- Average approval$128,500
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$250,000
- Largest approval$250,000
- Jobs supported41
- Jobs per approval6.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises16.7 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to District Heights borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,746,000
- Average approval$582,000
- Median approval$617,000
- Largest approval$841,000
- Jobs supported101
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Prince George's County, not District Heights
Prince George's County context, not District Heights figures
These are Prince George's County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as District Heights measurements.
- Establishments in Prince George's County16,350
- Employment at those establishments, Prince George's County276,055
- Covered employment, Prince George's County329,476
- Average annual pay, Prince George's County$73,373
- Average weekly wage, Prince George's County$1,411
- Housing units permitted, Prince George's County1,473
- Of those, single family, Prince George's County1,473
- County product, 2024, Prince George's County$65,163,322,000
- County product change over the prior year, Prince George's County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Prince George's County$60,896
Every figure in this section is published for Prince George's County as a whole and is not a measurement of District Heights. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
District Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in District Heights, Maryland?
5,891, in 1,981 households. District Heights city covers 0.87 square miles of land, which is 6,803 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is District Heights in?
Prince George's County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in District Heights?
$86,955. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $339,200. Median gross rent is $1,379 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to District Heights businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $771,000, across 4 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in District Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to District Heights borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for District Heights. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page District Heights figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Prince George's County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of District Heights.
Is zoning published for District Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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