Is Wheaton gentrified?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glenmont has the metro, and shopping redevelopment, anyone know how that could look? I ask that as a homeowner in the area.

I live in Glenmont and our home values have risen. The area also looks better than it did, with the redevelopment of Plaza Del Marco shopping center.

The Glenmont shopping center is an eyesore with only a few good places left, like the barber shop. Feel like Glenmont will continue to redevelop, and the area between Wheaton and Glenmont seems to be better as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in this thread are weird. 20902 (Wheaton) is about 38% Hispanic, which is about the same as zip 22041 in Falls Church (37%). Manassas in Prince William County (37%), Sterling in Loudoun County (33%), and zip code 22305 in Alexandria (38%).

Maybe the posters aren't as familiar with those other areas because Wheaton is someplace they've actually been to. Because Wheaton is actually a good place to live and visit.

I saw

https://www.maryland-demographics.com/wheaton-demographics

"The largest Wheaton racial/ethnic groups are Hispanic (43.4%) followed by White (22.6%) and Black (19.6%)." Leaving 15% for Asian and the rest


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia

Falls Church
68% White, 10% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black

Falls Church is very big, so an appropriate comparator to Falls Church would be Silver Spring (which encompasses Wheaton).

Here's an example comparing two census areas:

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sevencornerscdpvirginia,wheatoncdpmaryland/PST045224

Both areas are around 40% Hispanic. The people above who said 95% were making that up.

It only feels like it’s 95% Hispanic because every store clerk and restaurant server speaks Spanish. If you don’t speak Spanish, it can be a challenge when you need to have a conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:which neighborhood?

Just in general, buying a home in a few years and am kinda scared. Especially about Glenmont.

What are you scared of? I grew up in Kensington and Wheaton has been on a downward slide since the mid 80s.

We bought in Glenmont about 15 years ago, and our sfh has increased in value by 200k, now in the mid 600s. All the former rentals on our block and down the street have been sold to homeowners and are now in much better shape. White, black, hispanic and mixed people all around.

I was a little nervous when buying, but locally things have been getting better and better each year. If only they would do something about the Glenmont shopping center; I go elsewhere to shop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This feels like a thread started by the Nova troll. He hasn’t done one for a couple of weeks.

I don’t know who that is, I’m just preparing to buy in 2027. And just want to make sure that it won’t be completely transformed by then so I can afford a home.

I really doubt it. Housing prices might go up a bit just because of demand, but it won't be like H Street. Hopefully they will revitalize the Glenmont Shopping Center at some point in the near future but it will not be by 2027. Here is what the Planning Department said this past March about that shopping center: "This critical area at Randolph Road and Georgia Avenue is zoned as Commercial Residential (CR-3.0, C-2.5, R-2.5, H-120) to support a dense, mixed-use neighborhood hub, offering future possibilities for retail, residential, and community-oriented spaces. However, existing challenges to redevelopment, as noted in the 2013 Sector Plan, have been the fragmented ownership of the 15 properties that make up the Center, and a lack of market demand."
https://montgomeryplanningboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Attachment-A-GCOS-final.pdf p. 22

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in this thread are weird. 20902 (Wheaton) is about 38% Hispanic, which is about the same as zip 22041 in Falls Church (37%). Manassas in Prince William County (37%), Sterling in Loudoun County (33%), and zip code 22305 in Alexandria (38%).

Maybe the posters aren't as familiar with those other areas because Wheaton is someplace they've actually been to. Because Wheaton is actually a good place to live and visit.

I saw

https://www.maryland-demographics.com/wheaton-demographics

"The largest Wheaton racial/ethnic groups are Hispanic (43.4%) followed by White (22.6%) and Black (19.6%)." Leaving 15% for Asian and the rest


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia

Falls Church
68% White, 10% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black

Falls Church is very big, so an appropriate comparator to Falls Church would be Silver Spring (which encompasses Wheaton).

Here's an example comparing two census areas:

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sevencornerscdpvirginia,wheatoncdpmaryland/PST045224

Both areas are around 40% Hispanic. The people above who said 95% were making that up.

It only feels like it’s 95% Hispanic because every store clerk and restaurant server speaks Spanish. If you don’t speak Spanish, it can be a challenge when you need to have a conversation.

I don't speak Spanish, and I haven't had that issue at stores and restaurants. A lot of those workers seem to speak both languages fluently. But when getting work done on my house, even from big well-reviewed contractors in the area, the laborers who actually do the work often speak very little English.

[Anonymous]

We are looking at single family homes in Glenmont for my husband’s work. They are certainly affordable but have gone up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in this thread are weird. 20902 (Wheaton) is about 38% Hispanic, which is about the same as zip 22041 in Falls Church (37%). Manassas in Prince William County (37%), Sterling in Loudoun County (33%), and zip code 22305 in Alexandria (38%).

Maybe the posters aren't as familiar with those other areas because Wheaton is someplace they've actually been to. Because Wheaton is actually a good place to live and visit.

I saw

https://www.maryland-demographics.com/wheaton-demographics

"The largest Wheaton racial/ethnic groups are Hispanic (43.4%) followed by White (22.6%) and Black (19.6%)." Leaving 15% for Asian and the rest


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia

Falls Church
68% White, 10% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black

Falls Church is very big, so an appropriate comparator to Falls Church would be Silver Spring (which encompasses Wheaton).

Here's an example comparing two census areas:

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sevencornerscdpvirginia,wheatoncdpmaryland/PST045224

Both areas are around 40% Hispanic. The people above who said 95% were making that up.

95% is exaggerating it but you're overlooking that census data is a few years old and not always reliable. Wheaton will have a large population of illegal migrants and everyone knows there's plenty of 10-12 people sharing a 1,000 sqft 1950s rambler in Wheaton. There's going to be a lot of transient migrants not captured in the official numbers. That's why the perspective of Wheaton being 95% Hispanic is probably closer to what's really going on than the official data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in this thread are weird. 20902 (Wheaton) is about 38% Hispanic, which is about the same as zip 22041 in Falls Church (37%). Manassas in Prince William County (37%), Sterling in Loudoun County (33%), and zip code 22305 in Alexandria (38%).

Maybe the posters aren't as familiar with those other areas because Wheaton is someplace they've actually been to. Because Wheaton is actually a good place to live and visit.

I saw

https://www.maryland-demographics.com/wheaton-demographics

"The largest Wheaton racial/ethnic groups are Hispanic (43.4%) followed by White (22.6%) and Black (19.6%)." Leaving 15% for Asian and the rest


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia

Falls Church
68% White, 10% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black

Falls Church is very big, so an appropriate comparator to Falls Church would be Silver Spring (which encompasses Wheaton).

Here's an example comparing two census areas:

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sevencornerscdpvirginia,wheatoncdpmaryland/PST045224

Both areas are around 40% Hispanic. The people above who said 95% were making that up.

95% is exaggerating it but you're overlooking that census data is a few years old and not always reliable. Wheaton will have a large population of illegal migrants and everyone knows there's plenty of 10-12 people sharing a 1,000 sqft 1950s rambler in Wheaton. There's going to be a lot of transient migrants not captured in the official numbers. That's why the perspective of Wheaton being 95% Hispanic is probably closer to what's really going on than the official data.

If you've been to the other areas I mentioned that are 40% Hispanic, it's the same story. Having lots of people in small living areas is not a phenomenon that is isolated to Wheaton, and those other areas have lots of illegals also. It could well be that the census data is more reliable for Wheaton than for the other areas; we really have no clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:which neighborhood?

Just in general, buying a home in a few years and am kinda scared. Especially about Glenmont.

What are you scared of? I grew up in Kensington and Wheaton has been on a downward slide since the mid 80s.

I grew up in Kensington as well and Wheaton was not really that different. Kensington people have always talked shit about Wheaton even though it’s basically the same place.

[Anonymous]

Glenmont is the last metro stop left that has any space for new development so eventually it will happen. Once it does then there will be no more middle class neighborhoods near metro.

[Anonymous]

No, I drove through the Viers Mill Road Georgia Avenue are yesterday and it looks worse than it did 20 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Concur, it's worse than 20 years ago. Had an Uber driver complain that his Wheaton neighbor has 5-6 parked in the lawn and in driveway but he cannot afford to move. So maybe tread carefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:which neighborhood?

Just in general, buying a home in a few years and am kinda scared. Especially about Glenmont.

What are you scared of? I grew up in Kensington and Wheaton has been on a downward slide since the mid 80s.

I grew up in Kensington as well and Wheaton was not really that different. Kensington people have always talked shit about Wheaton even though it’s basically the same place.

In the town of Kensington itself there are those old Victorian mansions on quaint streets and the famous antique row with a historic “gingerbread” commuter rail station. Looks quite a bit different when compared with sprawling Wheaton, Olney, Bowie, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glenmont is the last metro stop left that has any space for new development so eventually it will happen. Once it does then there will be no more middle class neighborhoods near metro.

Schools are a drag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I drove through the Viers Mill Road Georgia Avenue are yesterday and it looks worse than it did 20 years ago.

Glenmont is improving (except for the shopping center.) Viers Mill and Georgia isn't.