Barnesville vs Washington Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesville and Washington Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Washington Grove has the higher population (590 vs 207 in Barnesville). Barnesville has the higher median household income ($223,750 vs $160,417 in Washington Grove). Barnesville has the higher median home value ($715,300 vs $594,200 in Washington Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Washington Grove
Population	207	590
Median age	45.0 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$223,750	$160,417
Median home value	$715,300	$594,200
Housing units	70	305
Homeownership rate	96.9%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.2%	70.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Washington Grove
Population	125 → 207 (+65.6%)	694 → 590 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$108,750 → $223,750 (+105.7%)	$113,967 → $160,417 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$500,000 → $715,300 (+43.1%)	$446,400 → $594,200 (+33.1%)

Barnesville

Population

125207

Median household income

$108,750$223,750

Median home value

$500,000$715,300

Washington Grove

Population

694590

Median household income

$113,967$160,417

Median home value

$446,400$594,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Washington Grove
Under 5	1.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	30.0%	8.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	2.7%
35 to 44	1.4%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	23.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	22.4%
75 and over	12.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Washington Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Washington Grove
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.0%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	34.2%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Washington Grove
Drove alone	30.4%	51.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.6%
Public transit	1.1%	17.3%
Walked	18.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.7%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Washington Grove
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	Washington Grove
Poverty rate	1.4%	3.7%
Average household size	3.18	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	46	26
Median year structure built	1938	1951