Chesapeake Beach vs Drum Point

A side-by-side comparison of Chesapeake Beach and Drum Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesapeake Beach has the higher population (6,428 vs 3,219 in Drum Point). Chesapeake Beach has the higher median household income ($135,888 vs $133,059 in Drum Point). Chesapeake Beach has the higher median home value ($438,300 vs $383,200 in Drum Point).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake Beach	Drum Point
Population	6,428	3,219
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$135,888	$133,059
Median home value	$438,300	$383,200
Median gross rent	$1,490	$1,714
Housing units	2,829	1,290
Homeownership rate	82.1%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake Beach	Drum Point
Population	5,960 → 6,428 (+7.9%)	2,227 → 3,219 (+44.5%)
Median household income	$104,318 → $135,888 (+30.3%)	$89,155 → $133,059 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$338,600 → $438,300 (+29.4%)	$268,200 → $383,200 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,699 → $1,490 (-12.3%)	$1,825 → $1,714 (-6.1%)

Chesapeake Beach

Population

5,9606,428

Median household income

$104,318$135,888

Median home value

$338,600$438,300

Median gross rent

$1,699$1,490

Drum Point

Population

2,2273,219

Median household income

$89,155$133,059

Median home value

$268,200$383,200

Median gross rent

$1,825$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Drum Point
Under 5	4.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	18.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.0%
75 and over	6.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Drum Point
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	73.0%
Black or African American	6.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	3.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake Beach	Drum Point
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	15.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Drum Point
Drove alone	71.1%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.8%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	21.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Drum Point
1-unit, detached	60.2%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	26.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake Beach	Drum Point
Poverty rate	3.1%	11.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	43	45
Median year structure built	1995	1990