Butlertown vs Tolchester

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

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

Butlertown has the higher population (522 vs 381 in Tolchester). Tolchester has the higher median household income ($114,750 vs $70,875 in Butlertown). Tolchester has the higher median home value ($320,700 vs $215,400 in Butlertown).

Population, income & housing

	Butlertown	Tolchester
Population	522	381
Median age	46.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,875	$114,750
Median home value	$215,400	$320,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,021
Housing units	249	234
Homeownership rate	95.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butlertown	Tolchester
Population	302 → 522 (+72.8%)	350 → 381 (+8.9%)
Median household income	—	$126,938 → $114,750 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $215,400 (+81.3%)	$200,000 → $320,700 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,588 → $1,021 (-35.7%)

Butlertown

Population

302522

Median home value

$118,800$215,400

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)

	Butlertown	Tolchester
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	3.9%
18 to 24	0.6%	2.9%
25 to 34	5.9%	31.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	31.0%
45 to 54	33.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	17.8%	3.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.2%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butlertown	Tolchester
White (non-Hispanic)	39.3%	73.0%
Black or African American	60.7%	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	0.0%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butlertown	Tolchester
No high school diploma	12.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	47.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butlertown	Tolchester
Drove alone	66.3%	94.9%
Carpooled	31.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butlertown	Tolchester
1-unit, detached	95.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Butlertown	Tolchester
Poverty rate	28.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.10	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	49
Median year structure built	1998	1951