Chestertown vs Rock Hall

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

Chestertown and Rock Hall 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 1,286 in Rock Hall). Rock Hall has the higher median household income ($68,906 vs $47,047 in Chestertown). Chestertown has the higher median home value ($333,900 vs $245,400 in Rock Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Chestertown	Rock Hall
Population	5,548	1,286
Median age	32.3 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,047	$68,906
Median home value	$333,900	$245,400
Median gross rent	$1,090	$808
Housing units	2,383	959
Homeownership rate	48.1%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestertown	Rock Hall
Population	5,088 → 5,548 (+9.0%)	1,340 → 1,286 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$47,703 → $47,047 (-1.4%)	$38,871 → $68,906 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $333,900 (+37.6%)	$185,100 → $245,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,090 (+29.5%)	$823 → $808 (-1.8%)

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

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)

	Chestertown	Rock Hall
Under 5	5.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	10.4%	9.8%
18 to 24	27.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	24.9%
75 and over	13.3%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestertown	Rock Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	93.1%
Black or African American	24.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestertown	Rock Hall
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	23.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestertown	Rock Hall
Drove alone	57.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.6%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	11.1%	10.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestertown	Rock Hall
1-unit, detached	47.4%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	10.4%
20 or more units	9.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Chestertown	Rock Hall
Poverty rate	15.6%	9.6%
Average household size	1.83	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1984	1974