Drum Point vs Prince Frederick

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

Drum Point and Prince Frederick 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 2,404 in Prince Frederick). Drum Point has the higher median household income ($133,059 vs $78,625 in Prince Frederick). Drum Point has the higher median home value ($383,200 vs $383,000 in Prince Frederick).

Population, income & housing

	Drum Point	Prince Frederick
Population	3,219	2,404
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$133,059	$78,625
Median home value	$383,200	$383,000
Median gross rent	$1,714	$819
Housing units	1,290	1,048
Homeownership rate	90.6%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drum Point	Prince Frederick
Population	2,227 → 3,219 (+44.5%)	2,928 → 2,404 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$89,155 → $133,059 (+49.2%)	$48,464 → $78,625 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$268,200 → $383,200 (+42.9%)	$309,400 → $383,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,825 → $1,714 (-6.1%)	$801 → $819 (+2.2%)

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

Prince Frederick

Population

2,9282,404

Median household income

$48,464$78,625

Median home value

$309,400$383,000

Median gross rent

$801$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drum Point	Prince Frederick
Under 5	3.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	19.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.2%
75 and over	8.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drum Point	Prince Frederick
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	51.0%
Black or African American	5.5%	28.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drum Point	Prince Frederick
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	33.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drum Point	Prince Frederick
Drove alone	70.5%	62.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drum Point	Prince Frederick
1-unit, detached	99.1%	23.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	38.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Drum Point	Prince Frederick
Poverty rate	11.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	45	47
Median year structure built	1990	2002