Bartonsville vs Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Bartonsville and Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jefferson has the higher population (2,891 vs 2,760 in Bartonsville). Bartonsville has the higher median household income ($146,641 vs $145,664 in Jefferson). Bartonsville has the higher median home value ($604,700 vs $479,400 in Jefferson).

Population, income & housing

	Bartonsville	Jefferson
Population	2,760	2,891
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$146,641	$145,664
Median home value	$604,700	$479,400
Median gross rent	$1,645	$1,347
Housing units	927	1,032
Homeownership rate	95.2%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartonsville	Jefferson
Population	1,707 → 2,760 (+61.7%)	2,235 → 2,891 (+29.4%)
Median household income	$140,515 → $146,641 (+4.4%)	$113,491 → $145,664 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$448,600 → $604,700 (+34.8%)	$328,700 → $479,400 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,136 → $1,347 (+18.6%)

Bartonsville

Population

1,7072,760

Median household income

$140,515$146,641

Median home value

$448,600$604,700

Jefferson

Population

2,2352,891

Median household income

$113,491$145,664

Median home value

$328,700$479,400

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartonsville	Jefferson
Under 5	9.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	22.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	19.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.4%
75 and over	1.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartonsville	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	81.2%
Black or African American	13.8%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartonsville	Jefferson
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	17.5%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartonsville	Jefferson
Drove alone	64.9%	68.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.7%
Public transit	0.5%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartonsville	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	79.9%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bartonsville	Jefferson
Poverty rate	5.2%	4.1%
Average household size	3.10	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	2012	1992