Betterton vs Kennedyville

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

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

Betterton has the higher population (358 vs 203 in Kennedyville). Betterton has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $35,527 in Kennedyville). Kennedyville has the higher median home value ($270,100 vs $219,000 in Betterton).

Population, income & housing

	Betterton	Kennedyville
Population	358	203
Median age	46.0 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$35,527
Median home value	$219,000	$270,100
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	271	196
Homeownership rate	75.9%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betterton	Kennedyville
Population	431 → 358 (-16.9%)	436 → 203 (-53.4%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $74,375 (+38.8%)	$123,389 → $35,527 (-71.2%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $219,000 (+25.1%)	$163,500 → $270,100 (+65.2%)
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

Kennedyville

Population

436203

Median household income

$123,389$35,527

Median home value

$163,500$270,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betterton	Kennedyville
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	37.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	49.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	3.4%
75 and over	11.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betterton	Kennedyville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.0%
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	Kennedyville
No high school diploma	5.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.4%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betterton	Kennedyville
Drove alone	80.8%	48.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	44.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betterton	Kennedyville
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	Kennedyville
Poverty rate	13.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.54	1.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1948	1938