Buckeystown vs Burkittsville

A side-by-side comparison of Buckeystown and Burkittsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buckeystown has the higher population (1,317 vs 143 in Burkittsville). Buckeystown has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $102,708 in Burkittsville). Buckeystown has the higher median home value ($539,400 vs $443,800 in Burkittsville).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeystown	Burkittsville
Population	1,317	143
Median age	61.2 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$141,250	$102,708
Median home value	$539,400	$443,800
Median gross rent	$2,398	$1,104
Housing units	505	69
Homeownership rate	55.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeystown	Burkittsville
Population	1,286 → 1,317 (+2.4%)	151 → 143 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$82,168 → $141,250 (+71.9%)	$80,417 → $102,708 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$406,500 → $539,400 (+32.7%)	$408,000 → $443,800 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,838 → $2,398 (+30.5%)	$1,281 → $1,104 (-13.8%)

Buckeystown

Population

1,2861,317

Median household income

$82,168$141,250

Median home value

$406,500$539,400

Median gross rent

$1,838$2,398

Burkittsville

Population

151143

Median household income

$80,417$102,708

Median home value

$408,000$443,800

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeystown	Burkittsville
Under 5	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	8.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	4.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	21.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	19.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	23.1%
75 and over	32.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeystown	Burkittsville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	8.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeystown	Burkittsville
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	17.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeystown	Burkittsville
Drove alone	76.9%	74.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeystown	Burkittsville
1-unit, detached	50.9%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	24.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckeystown	Burkittsville
Poverty rate	7.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1995	1938