Chestertown vs Millington

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

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

Chestertown has the higher population (5,548 vs 645 in Millington). Millington has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $47,047 in Chestertown). Chestertown has the higher median home value ($333,900 vs $219,300 in Millington).

Population, income & housing

	Chestertown	Millington
Population	5,548	645
Median age	32.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,047	$60,625
Median home value	$333,900	$219,300
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,178
Housing units	2,383	278
Homeownership rate	48.1%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestertown	Millington
Population	5,088 → 5,548 (+9.0%)	695 → 645 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$47,703 → $47,047 (-1.4%)	$52,292 → $60,625 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $333,900 (+37.6%)	$177,700 → $219,300 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,090 (+29.5%)	$1,292 → $1,178 (-8.8%)

Chestertown

Population

5,0885,548

Median household income

$47,703$47,047

Median home value

$242,700$333,900

Median gross rent

$842$1,090

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)

	Chestertown	Millington
Under 5	5.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	27.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	6.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	18.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	6.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.6%
75 and over	13.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestertown	Millington
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	64.7%
Black or African American	24.8%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestertown	Millington
No high school diploma	10.8%	17.0%
High school graduate	23.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestertown	Millington
Drove alone	57.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	4.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestertown	Millington
1-unit, detached	47.4%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	4.7%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestertown	Millington
Poverty rate	15.6%	14.3%
Average household size	1.83	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1984	1966