Arbutus vs Mays Chapel

A side-by-side comparison of Arbutus and Mays Chapel: population, income, housing, and more.

Arbutus and Mays Chapel are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arbutus has the higher population (20,869 vs 15,616 in Mays Chapel). Mays Chapel has the higher median household income ($118,462 vs $97,215 in Arbutus). Mays Chapel has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $296,800 in Arbutus).

Population, income & housing

	Arbutus	Mays Chapel
Population	20,869	15,616
Median age	35.7 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,215	$118,462
Median home value	$296,800	$447,300
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,768
Housing units	8,490	7,072
Homeownership rate	72.0%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	70.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arbutus	Mays Chapel
Population	19,292 → 20,869 (+8.2%)	12,253 → 15,616 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$76,801 → $97,215 (+26.6%)	$108,297 → $118,462 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$234,500 → $296,800 (+26.6%)	$395,300 → $447,300 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,238 (+12.2%)	$1,547 → $1,768 (+14.3%)

Arbutus

Population

19,29220,869

Median household income

$76,801$97,215

Median home value

$234,500$296,800

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,238

Mays Chapel

Population

12,25315,616

Median household income

$108,297$118,462

Median home value

$395,300$447,300

Median gross rent

$1,547$1,768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arbutus	Mays Chapel
Under 5	7.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	17.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	16.5%
75 and over	3.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arbutus	Mays Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	78.8%
Black or African American	14.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arbutus	Mays Chapel
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.3%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	33.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arbutus	Mays Chapel
Drove alone	76.9%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	3.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	19.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arbutus	Mays Chapel
1-unit, detached	51.9%	32.1%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	26.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	30.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Arbutus	Mays Chapel
Poverty rate	10.2%	2.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1956	1988