District Heights, Maryland

District Heights population, 2020 to 2024

District Heights lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +54. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so District Heights is 58% of it.

District Heights covers 0.87 square miles of land, for 6,800 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so District Heights is denser than the typical town.

What county District Heights is in

All of District Heights's residents live in Prince George's County, which had 966,629 residents in 2024. District Heights holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in District Heights

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps District Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 20747. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where District Heights is

The Census internal point of District Heights is at 38.858900, -76.888400. Annapolis, the capital, is 22.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cheverly, MD (6,125 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 7.6 miles away.

Daylight in District Heights

At 38.86° N, District Heights gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near District Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Capitol Heights, 1.6 miles away, with 4,038 people.