Drum Point vs Owings

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

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

Drum Point has the higher population (3,219 vs 2,475 in Owings). Owings has the higher median household income ($171,194 vs $133,059 in Drum Point). Owings has the higher median home value ($592,900 vs $383,200 in Drum Point).

Population, income & housing

	Drum Point	Owings
Population	3,219	2,475
Median age	37.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,059	$171,194
Median home value	$383,200	$592,900
Median gross rent	$1,714	—
Housing units	1,290	1,011
Homeownership rate	90.6%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drum Point	Owings
Population	2,227 → 3,219 (+44.5%)	2,528 → 2,475 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$89,155 → $133,059 (+49.2%)	$163,250 → $171,194 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$268,200 → $383,200 (+42.9%)	$472,800 → $592,900 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,825 → $1,714 (-6.1%)	—

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

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)

	Drum Point	Owings
Under 5	3.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	23.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.6%
75 and over	8.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drum Point	Owings
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	78.7%
Black or African American	5.5%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drum Point	Owings
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drum Point	Owings
Drove alone	70.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drum Point	Owings
1-unit, detached	99.1%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
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

	Drum Point	Owings
Poverty rate	11.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	45	32
Median year structure built	1990	1999