Betterton vs Millington

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

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

Millington has the higher population (645 vs 358 in Betterton). Betterton has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $60,625 in Millington). Millington has the higher median home value ($219,300 vs $219,000 in Betterton).

Population, income & housing

	Betterton	Millington
Population	358	645
Median age	46.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$60,625
Median home value	$219,000	$219,300
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,178
Housing units	271	278
Homeownership rate	75.9%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betterton	Millington
Population	431 → 358 (-16.9%)	695 → 645 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $74,375 (+38.8%)	$52,292 → $60,625 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $219,000 (+25.1%)	$177,700 → $219,300 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,063 (+14.3%)	$1,292 → $1,178 (-8.8%)

Betterton

Population

431358

Median household income

$53,594$74,375

Median home value

$175,000$219,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,063

Millington

Population

695645

Median household income

$52,292$60,625

Median home value

$177,700$219,300

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betterton	Millington
Under 5	7.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.9%
55 to 64	19.3%	6.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.6%
75 and over	11.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betterton	Millington
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	64.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betterton	Millington
No high school diploma	5.0%	17.0%
High school graduate	37.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betterton	Millington
Drove alone	80.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betterton	Millington
1-unit, detached	72.3%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	4.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Betterton	Millington
Poverty rate	13.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1948	1966