Ashton-Sandy Spring vs Burnt Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Ashton-Sandy Spring and Burnt Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashton-Sandy Spring and Burnt Mills are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashton-Sandy Spring has the higher population (5,418 vs 4,111 in Burnt Mills). Ashton-Sandy Spring has the higher median household income ($178,214 vs $109,402 in Burnt Mills). Ashton-Sandy Spring has the higher median home value ($812,000 vs $568,100 in Burnt Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Burnt Mills
Population	5,418	4,111
Median age	49.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$178,214	$109,402
Median home value	$812,000	$568,100
Median gross rent	$1,415	$1,838
Housing units	1,978	1,246
Homeownership rate	94.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Burnt Mills
Population	5,997 → 5,418 (-9.7%)	4,083 → 4,111 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$127,813 → $178,214 (+39.4%)	$103,207 → $109,402 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$653,900 → $812,000 (+24.2%)	$445,700 → $568,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,415 (+46.2%)	$2,043 → $1,838 (-10.0%)

Ashton-Sandy Spring

Population

5,9975,418

Median household income

$127,813$178,214

Median home value

$653,900$812,000

Median gross rent

$968$1,415

Burnt Mills

Population

4,0834,111

Median household income

$103,207$109,402

Median home value

$445,700$568,100

Median gross rent

$2,043$1,838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Burnt Mills
Under 5	3.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	22.5%
65 to 74	17.3%	6.6%
75 and over	9.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Burnt Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	23.0%
Black or African American	10.5%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	41.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Burnt Mills
No high school diploma	9.8%	16.6%
High school graduate	12.6%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	38.4%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Burnt Mills
Drove alone	58.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	2.1%	4.4%
Public transit	4.8%	4.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Burnt Mills
1-unit, detached	79.4%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Burnt Mills
Poverty rate	1.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.79	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1985	1964