Brookeville vs Glen Echo

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

Brookeville 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 148 in Brookeville). Glen Echo has the higher median household income ($195,000 vs $137,500 in Brookeville). Glen Echo has the higher median home value ($1,128,500 vs $793,500 in Brookeville).

Population, income & housing

	Brookeville	Glen Echo
Population	148	314
Median age	45.2 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$137,500	$195,000
Median home value	$793,500	$1,128,500
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	52	114
Homeownership rate	92.0%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	83.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookeville	Glen Echo
Population	155 → 148 (-4.5%)	309 → 314 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$128,750 → $137,500 (+6.8%)	$211,875 → $195,000 (-8.0%)
Median home value	$517,900 → $793,500 (+53.2%)	$920,100 → $1,128,500 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,083 → $3,167 (+2.7%)	$2,750 → $3,501 (+27.3%)

Brookeville

Population

155148

Median household income

$128,750$137,500

Median home value

$517,900$793,500

Median gross rent

$3,083$3,167

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)

	Brookeville	Glen Echo
Under 5	6.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	24.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	3.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	25.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	6.1%	16.2%
75 and over	12.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookeville	Glen Echo
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookeville	Glen Echo
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	10.7%	3.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	34.0%	52.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookeville	Glen Echo
Drove alone	85.5%	46.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	50.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookeville	Glen Echo
1-unit, detached	96.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	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

	Brookeville	Glen Echo
Poverty rate	9.5%	1.3%
Average household size	2.96	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1940	1938