Ashton-Sandy Spring vs Layhill

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

Ashton-Sandy Spring and Layhill 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 5,392 in Layhill). Ashton-Sandy Spring has the higher median household income ($178,214 vs $119,453 in Layhill). Ashton-Sandy Spring has the higher median home value ($812,000 vs $582,600 in Layhill).

Population, income & housing

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Layhill
Population	5,418	5,392
Median age	49.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$178,214	$119,453
Median home value	$812,000	$582,600
Median gross rent	$1,415	$1,953
Housing units	1,978	1,696
Homeownership rate	94.5%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Layhill
Population	5,997 → 5,418 (-9.7%)	5,216 → 5,392 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$127,813 → $178,214 (+39.4%)	$102,259 → $119,453 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$653,900 → $812,000 (+24.2%)	$451,000 → $582,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,415 (+46.2%)	$1,951 → $1,953 (+0.1%)

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

Layhill

Population

5,2165,392

Median household income

$102,259$119,453

Median home value

$451,000$582,600

Median gross rent

$1,951$1,953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Layhill
Under 5	3.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.2%
75 and over	9.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Layhill
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	19.3%
Black or African American	10.5%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Layhill
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	12.6%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	38.4%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Layhill
Drove alone	58.4%	53.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	14.8%
Public transit	4.8%	10.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Layhill
1-unit, detached	79.4%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	41.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Layhill
Poverty rate	1.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.79	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	37	40
Median year structure built	1985	1979