Ballenger Creek vs Brunswick

A side-by-side comparison of Ballenger Creek and Brunswick: population, income, housing, and more.

Ballenger Creek and Brunswick are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ballenger Creek has the higher population (25,866 vs 7,994 in Brunswick). Brunswick has the higher median household income ($115,972 vs $108,385 in Ballenger Creek). Ballenger Creek has the higher median home value ($369,800 vs $348,500 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Ballenger Creek	Brunswick
Population	25,866	7,994
Median age	34.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$108,385	$115,972
Median home value	$369,800	$348,500
Median gross rent	$1,913	$1,139
Housing units	9,934	3,235
Homeownership rate	67.0%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballenger Creek	Brunswick
Population	21,080 → 25,866 (+22.7%)	6,258 → 7,994 (+27.7%)
Median household income	$91,143 → $108,385 (+18.9%)	$81,250 → $115,972 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$267,300 → $369,800 (+38.3%)	$237,800 → $348,500 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $1,913 (+19.9%)	$901 → $1,139 (+26.4%)

Ballenger Creek

Population

21,08025,866

Median household income

$91,143$108,385

Median home value

$267,300$369,800

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,913

Brunswick

Population

6,2587,994

Median household income

$81,250$115,972

Median home value

$237,800$348,500

Median gross rent

$901$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Brunswick
Under 5	8.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	5.8%
75 and over	3.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Brunswick
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	71.8%
Black or African American	20.2%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	10.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballenger Creek	Brunswick
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	23.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Brunswick
Drove alone	68.5%	67.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.2%
Public transit	1.1%	3.9%
Walked	0.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.4%	17.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Brunswick
1-unit, detached	23.8%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	22.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ballenger Creek	Brunswick
Poverty rate	11.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1998	1988