Chesapeake Beach vs Huntingtown

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

Chesapeake Beach and Huntingtown 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 2,634 in Huntingtown). Huntingtown has the higher median household income ($177,870 vs $135,888 in Chesapeake Beach). Huntingtown has the higher median home value ($593,500 vs $438,300 in Chesapeake Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake Beach	Huntingtown
Population	6,428	2,634
Median age	42.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$135,888	$177,870
Median home value	$438,300	$593,500
Median gross rent	$1,490	$1,852
Housing units	2,829	1,011
Homeownership rate	82.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake Beach	Huntingtown
Population	5,960 → 6,428 (+7.9%)	3,486 → 2,634 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$104,318 → $135,888 (+30.3%)	$139,821 → $177,870 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$338,600 → $438,300 (+29.4%)	$439,100 → $593,500 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,699 → $1,490 (-12.3%)	$2,477 → $1,852 (-25.2%)

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

Huntingtown

Population

3,4862,634

Median household income

$139,821$177,870

Median home value

$439,100$593,500

Median gross rent

$2,477$1,852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Huntingtown
Under 5	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	18.5%	17.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	23.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.5%
75 and over	6.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Huntingtown
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	70.3%
Black or African American	6.6%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake Beach	Huntingtown
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	15.6%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Huntingtown
Drove alone	71.1%	64.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.8%
Public transit	1.7%	6.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	24.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Huntingtown
1-unit, detached	60.2%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	26.4%	0.0%
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%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake Beach	Huntingtown
Poverty rate	3.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	43	47
Median year structure built	1995	1995