Broomes Island vs Calvert Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Broomes Island and Calvert Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calvert Beach has the higher population (911 vs 422 in Broomes Island). Broomes Island has the higher median household income ($191,944 vs $85,667 in Calvert Beach). Broomes Island has the higher median home value ($478,900 vs $292,000 in Calvert Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Broomes Island	Calvert Beach
Population	422	911
Median age	49.9 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$191,944	$85,667
Median home value	$478,900	$292,000
Housing units	203	310
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomes Island	Calvert Beach
Population	421 → 422 (+0.2%)	960 → 911 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$112,130 → $191,944 (+71.2%)	$73,068 → $85,667 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$531,300 → $478,900 (-9.9%)	$270,900 → $292,000 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,696 → $1,659 (-2.2%)

Broomes Island

Population

421422

Median household income

$112,130$191,944

Median home value

$531,300$478,900

Calvert Beach

Population

960911

Median household income

$73,068$85,667

Median home value

$270,900$292,000

Median gross rent

$1,696$1,659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broomes Island	Calvert Beach
Under 5	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	1.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	16.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	19.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	19.7%	9.1%
75 and over	3.6%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomes Island	Calvert Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	14.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomes Island	Calvert Beach
No high school diploma	7.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	11.5%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	53.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomes Island	Calvert Beach
Drove alone	94.5%	64.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	24.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomes Island	Calvert Beach
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.1%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broomes Island	Calvert Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.64	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	61	39
Median year structure built	1983	1980