Household population density by policy area
1997
| Policy area | Population | Sq. miles | Pop/Sq. mile | |
| 1 | Aspen Hill | 58,309 | 13.24 | 4,404 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bethesda CBD | 8,035 | 0.7 | 11,479 |
| 3 | Bethesda/ Chevy Chase | 72,208 | 20.26 | 3,564 |
| 4 | Cloverly | 15,098 | 9.96 | 1,516 |
| 5 | Damascus | 9,478 | 9.56 | 991 |
| 6 | Derwood | 17,262 | 7.52 | 2,295 |
| 7 | Fairland/ White Oak | 69,644 | 20.55 | 3,389 |
| 8 | Gaithersburg City | 49,068 | 11.07 | 4,433 |
| 9 | Germantown East | 15,447 | 5.91 | 2,614 |
| 10 | Germantown West | 42,216 | 10.64 | 3,968 |
| 11 | Germantown Town Center | 222 | 0.53 | 419 |
| 12 | Kensington/ Wheaton | 86,953 | 18.26 | 4,762 |
| 13 | Montgomery Village/ Airpark | 48,371 | 9.53 | 5,076 |
| 14 | North Bethesda | 33,415 | 8.25 | 4,050 |
| 15 | North Potomac | 26,469 | 10.3 | 2,570 |
| 16 | Olney | 29,661 | 17.36 | 1,709 |
| 17 | Potomac | 45,994 | 29.71 | 1,548 |
| 18 | R&D Village | 4,813 | 2.88 | 1,671 |
| 19 | Rockville | 43,489 | 13.14 | 3,310 |
| 20 | Silver Spring CBD | 8,584 | 0.58 | 14,800 |
| 21 | Silver Spring/ Takoma Park | 72,100 | 9.49 | 7,597 |
| 22 | Wheaton CBD | 4,509 | 0.74 | 6,093 |
| 24 | Grosvenor | 4,516 | 0.41 | 11,015 |
| 25 | Twinbrook | 0 | 0.17 | 0 |
| 26 | White Flint | 988 | 0.41 | 2,410 |
| 27 | Darnestown/ Travilah | 9,661 | 29.98 | 322 |
| 28 | Goshen | 14,685 | 58.74 | 250 |
| 29 | Patuxent | 8,988 | 46.56 | 193 |
| 30 | Poolesville | 8,333 | 109.39 | 76 |
| 31 | Rock Creek | 5,064 | 13.13 | 386 |
| 32 | Glenmont | 2,854 | 0.53 | 5,385 |
| 33 | Clarksburg | 2,061 | 15.96 | 129 |
| 34 | Shady Grove | 244 | 0.85 | 287 |
| 35 | Friendship Heights | 4,760 | 0.18 | 26,444 |
| Source: Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning, Research & Technology Center, 1997 Census Update Survey | ||||