Betterton vs Chesapeake Landing

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

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

Chesapeake Landing has the higher population (465 vs 358 in Betterton). Betterton has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $53,516 in Chesapeake Landing). Chesapeake Landing has the higher median home value ($224,400 vs $219,000 in Betterton).

Population, income & housing

	Betterton	Chesapeake Landing
Population	358	465
Median age	46.0 yrs	12.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$53,516
Median home value	$219,000	$224,400
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	271	142
Homeownership rate	75.9%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betterton	Chesapeake Landing
Population	431 → 358 (-16.9%)	132 → 465 (+252.3%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $74,375 (+38.8%)	$78,088 → $53,516 (-31.5%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $219,000 (+25.1%)	$166,500 → $224,400 (+34.8%)
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

Chesapeake Landing

Population

132465

Median household income

$78,088$53,516

Median home value

$166,500$224,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betterton	Chesapeake Landing
Under 5	7.8%	24.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	28.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	6.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	26.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	2.2%
55 to 64	19.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	4.5%
75 and over	11.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betterton	Chesapeake Landing
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	93.1%
Black or African American	7.3%	1.9%
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%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betterton	Chesapeake Landing
No high school diploma	5.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	37.4%	75.0%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betterton	Chesapeake Landing
Drove alone	80.8%	50.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	41.1%
Other means	0.0%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betterton	Chesapeake Landing
1-unit, detached	72.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Betterton	Chesapeake Landing
Poverty rate	13.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.54	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1948	1998