Betterton vs Tolchester

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

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

Tolchester has the higher population (381 vs 358 in Betterton). Tolchester has the higher median household income ($114,750 vs $74,375 in Betterton). Tolchester has the higher median home value ($320,700 vs $219,000 in Betterton).

Population, income & housing

	Betterton	Tolchester
Population	358	381
Median age	46.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$114,750
Median home value	$219,000	$320,700
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,021
Housing units	271	234
Homeownership rate	75.9%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betterton	Tolchester
Population	431 → 358 (-16.9%)	350 → 381 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $74,375 (+38.8%)	$126,938 → $114,750 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $219,000 (+25.1%)	$200,000 → $320,700 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,063 (+14.3%)	$1,588 → $1,021 (-35.7%)

Betterton

Population

431358

Median household income

$53,594$74,375

Median home value

$175,000$219,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,063

Tolchester

Population

350381

Median household income

$126,938$114,750

Median home value

$200,000$320,700

Median gross rent

$1,588$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betterton	Tolchester
Under 5	7.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	3.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	31.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	31.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	19.3%	3.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.2%
75 and over	11.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betterton	Tolchester
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	73.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	13.6%
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%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betterton	Tolchester
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	47.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betterton	Tolchester
Drove alone	80.8%	94.9%
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%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betterton	Tolchester
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	Tolchester
Poverty rate	13.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.54	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	49
Median year structure built	1948	1951