Maryland · Census place 2432500

Glenarden, Maryland

Glenarden is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland with an estimated 6,394 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 34th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,394
#34 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+4 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
5,373 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Glenarden. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

Glenarden population, 2020 to 2024

Glenarden added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +64. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Glenarden is 63% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,401. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Glenarden covers 1.19 square miles of land, for 5,373 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Glenarden is denser than the typical town.

What county Glenarden is in

All of Glenarden's residents live in Prince George's County, which had 966,629 residents in 2024. Glenarden holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Glenarden

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glenarden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 20706. 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 Glenarden is

The Census internal point of Glenarden is at 38.929300, -76.857700. Annapolis, the capital, is 20.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Carrollton, MD (13,645 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 8.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.929300, -76.857700
DMS
38°55'45.48"N 76°51'27.72"W
UTM
18N 338972.5E 4310571.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87C5W4HR+PW

Daylight in Glenarden

At 38.93° N, Glenarden gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Glenarden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Landover Hills, 2.2 miles away, with 1,799 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Glenarden, MD?

6,394 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.1%) from 6,390 in July 2020.

What county is Glenarden in?

Prince George's County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Glenarden?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20706.

How far is Glenarden from Annapolis?

20.0 miles (32.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Glenarden.

What is the nearest larger city to Glenarden?

New Carrollton, MD, with 13,645 residents, 2.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.