Chesapeake Beach vs Owings

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

Chesapeake Beach and Owings 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 2,475 in Owings). Owings has the higher median household income ($171,194 vs $135,888 in Chesapeake Beach). Owings has the higher median home value ($592,900 vs $438,300 in Chesapeake Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake Beach	Owings
Population	6,428	2,475
Median age	42.5 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$135,888	$171,194
Median home value	$438,300	$592,900
Median gross rent	$1,490	—
Housing units	2,829	1,011
Homeownership rate	82.1%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake Beach	Owings
Population	5,960 → 6,428 (+7.9%)	2,528 → 2,475 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$104,318 → $135,888 (+30.3%)	$163,250 → $171,194 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$338,600 → $438,300 (+29.4%)	$472,800 → $592,900 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,699 → $1,490 (-12.3%)	—

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

Owings

Population

2,5282,475

Median household income

$163,250$171,194

Median home value

$472,800$592,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Owings
Under 5	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	18.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	23.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	6.6%
75 and over	6.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Owings
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	78.7%
Black or African American	6.6%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake Beach	Owings
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	15.6%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Owings
Drove alone	71.1%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.3%
Public transit	1.7%	4.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	8.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake Beach	Owings
1-unit, detached	60.2%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	26.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.9%
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	Owings
Poverty rate	3.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	43	32
Median year structure built	1995	1999