Butlertown vs Rock Hall

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

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

Rock Hall has the higher population (1,286 vs 522 in Butlertown). Butlertown has the higher median household income ($70,875 vs $68,906 in Rock Hall). Rock Hall has the higher median home value ($245,400 vs $215,400 in Butlertown).

Population, income & housing

	Butlertown	Rock Hall
Population	522	1,286
Median age	46.8 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,875	$68,906
Median home value	$215,400	$245,400
Median gross rent	—	$808
Housing units	249	959
Homeownership rate	95.6%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butlertown	Rock Hall
Population	302 → 522 (+72.8%)	1,340 → 1,286 (-4.0%)
Median household income	—	$38,871 → $68,906 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $215,400 (+81.3%)	$185,100 → $245,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$823 → $808 (-1.8%)

Butlertown

Population

302522

Median home value

$118,800$215,400

Rock Hall

Population

1,3401,286

Median household income

$38,871$68,906

Median home value

$185,100$245,400

Median gross rent

$823$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butlertown	Rock Hall
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	9.8%
18 to 24	0.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	5.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	33.9%	6.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	24.9%
75 and over	0.0%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butlertown	Rock Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	39.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	60.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butlertown	Rock Hall
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	40.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butlertown	Rock Hall
Drove alone	66.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	31.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	2.6%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butlertown	Rock Hall
1-unit, detached	95.6%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Butlertown	Rock Hall
Poverty rate	28.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.10	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1998	1974