Barnesville vs Glen Echo

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesville and Glen Echo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glen Echo has the higher population (314 vs 207 in Barnesville). Barnesville has the higher median household income ($223,750 vs $195,000 in Glen Echo). Glen Echo has the higher median home value ($1,128,500 vs $715,300 in Barnesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Glen Echo
Population	207	314
Median age	45.0 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$223,750	$195,000
Median home value	$715,300	$1,128,500
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	70	114
Homeownership rate	96.9%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.2%	83.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Glen Echo
Population	125 → 207 (+65.6%)	309 → 314 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$108,750 → $223,750 (+105.7%)	$211,875 → $195,000 (-8.0%)
Median home value	$500,000 → $715,300 (+43.1%)	$920,100 → $1,128,500 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,750 → $3,501 (+27.3%)

Barnesville

Population

125207

Median household income

$108,750$223,750

Median home value

$500,000$715,300

Glen Echo

Population

309314

Median household income

$211,875$195,000

Median home value

$920,100$1,128,500

Median gross rent

$2,750$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Glen Echo
Under 5	1.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	30.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	6.3%	3.8%
35 to 44	1.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	16.2%
75 and over	12.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Glen Echo
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Glen Echo
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	15.0%	3.3%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	52.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Glen Echo
Drove alone	30.4%	46.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.3%
Public transit	1.1%	1.5%
Walked	18.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.7%	50.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Glen Echo
1-unit, detached	97.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Glen Echo
Poverty rate	1.4%	1.3%
Average household size	3.18	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	46	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938