Betterton vs Butlertown

A side-by-side comparison of Betterton and Butlertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Butlertown has the higher population (522 vs 358 in Betterton). Betterton has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $70,875 in Butlertown). Betterton has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $215,400 in Butlertown).

Population, income & housing

	Betterton	Butlertown
Population	358	522
Median age	46.0 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$70,875
Median home value	$219,000	$215,400
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	271	249
Homeownership rate	75.9%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betterton	Butlertown
Population	431 → 358 (-16.9%)	302 → 522 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $74,375 (+38.8%)	—
Median home value	$175,000 → $219,000 (+25.1%)	$118,800 → $215,400 (+81.3%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,063 (+14.3%)	—

Betterton

Population

431358

Median household income

$53,594$74,375

Median home value

$175,000$219,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,063

Butlertown

Population

302522

Median home value

$118,800$215,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betterton	Butlertown
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	33.9%
55 to 64	19.3%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.1%
75 and over	11.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betterton	Butlertown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	39.3%
Black or African American	7.3%	60.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betterton	Butlertown
No high school diploma	5.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	37.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betterton	Butlertown
Drove alone	80.8%	66.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	31.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betterton	Butlertown
1-unit, detached	72.3%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Betterton	Butlertown
Poverty rate	13.6%	28.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1948	1998