Crownsville vs Highland Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Crownsville and Highland Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Crownsville and Highland Beach are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crownsville has the higher population (1,701 vs 80 in Highland Beach). Highland Beach has the higher median household income ($162,917 vs $146,486 in Crownsville). Crownsville has the higher median home value ($885,600 vs $730,300 in Highland Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Crownsville	Highland Beach
Population	1,701	80
Median age	54.5 yrs	70.8 yrs
Median household income	$146,486	$162,917
Median home value	$885,600	$730,300
Housing units	599	81
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	63.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crownsville	Highland Beach
Population	1,530 → 1,701 (+11.2%)	91 → 80 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$90,400 → $146,486 (+62.0%)	$130,625 → $162,917 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$501,400 → $885,600 (+76.6%)	$513,900 → $730,300 (+42.1%)

Crownsville

Population

1,5301,701

Median household income

$90,400$146,486

Median home value

$501,400$885,600

Highland Beach

Population

9180

Median household income

$130,625$162,917

Median home value

$513,900$730,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crownsville	Highland Beach
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	7.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	5.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	2.5%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	25.0%
75 and over	14.9%	38.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crownsville	Highland Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	13.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	71.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	15.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crownsville	Highland Beach
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	16.0%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crownsville	Highland Beach
Drove alone	74.9%	42.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	46.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crownsville	Highland Beach
1-unit, detached	92.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crownsville	Highland Beach
Poverty rate	8.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.69	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1986	1979