Maryland · Census place 2479675

University Park, Maryland

University Park is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland with an estimated 2,431 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 67th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,431
#67 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-17 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
4,862 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: University Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

University Park population, 2020 to 2024

University Park lost 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +21.

2,44820202,42020212,40720222,41020232,4312024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,456. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

University Park covers 0.50 square miles of land, for 4,862 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so University Park is denser than the typical town.

What county University Park is in

All of University Park's residents live in Prince George's County, which had 966,629 residents in 2024. University Park holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in University Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps University Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 20782. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where University Park is

The Census internal point of University Park is at 38.971900, -76.944400. Annapolis, the capital, is 24.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hyattsville, MD (21,052 people), 0.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 6.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.971900, -76.944400
DMS
38°58'18.84"N 76°56'39.84"W
UTM
18N 331557.6E 4315456.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87C5X3C4+Q6

Daylight in University Park

At 38.97° N, University Park 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 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near University Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Hyattsville, 0.9 miles away, with 21,052 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of University Park, MD?

2,431 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 17 (0.7%) from 2,448 in July 2020.

What county is University Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover University Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20782.

How far is University Park from Annapolis?

24.4 miles (39.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from University Park.

What is the nearest larger city to University Park?

Hyattsville, MD, with 21,052 residents, 0.9 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.