Mays Chapel vs Overlea

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

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

Mays Chapel has the higher population (15,616 vs 12,430 in Overlea). Mays Chapel has the higher median household income ($118,462 vs $86,296 in Overlea). Mays Chapel has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $249,500 in Overlea).

Population, income & housing

	Mays Chapel	Overlea
Population	15,616	12,430
Median age	48.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$118,462	$86,296
Median home value	$447,300	$249,500
Median gross rent	$1,768	$1,315
Housing units	7,072	5,601
Homeownership rate	81.4%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mays Chapel	Overlea
Population	12,253 → 15,616 (+27.4%)	12,195 → 12,430 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$108,297 → $118,462 (+9.4%)	$64,868 → $86,296 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$395,300 → $447,300 (+13.2%)	$201,400 → $249,500 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,547 → $1,768 (+14.3%)	$1,233 → $1,315 (+6.7%)

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

Overlea

Population

12,19512,430

Median household income

$64,868$86,296

Median home value

$201,400$249,500

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mays Chapel	Overlea
Under 5	4.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.2%
75 and over	13.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mays Chapel	Overlea
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	60.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	25.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	10.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mays Chapel	Overlea
No high school diploma	3.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	10.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mays Chapel	Overlea
Drove alone	73.3%	74.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	13.3%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mays Chapel	Overlea
1-unit, detached	32.1%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	26.8%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	30.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Mays Chapel	Overlea
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1988	1958