Brookeville vs Laytonsville

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

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

Laytonsville has the higher population (750 vs 148 in Brookeville). Laytonsville has the higher median household income ($239,444 vs $137,500 in Brookeville). Laytonsville has the higher median home value ($1,050,300 vs $793,500 in Brookeville).

Population, income & housing

	Brookeville	Laytonsville
Population	148	750
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$137,500	$239,444
Median home value	$793,500	$1,050,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,232
Housing units	52	243
Homeownership rate	92.0%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	60.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookeville	Laytonsville
Population	155 → 148 (-4.5%)	456 → 750 (+64.5%)
Median household income	$128,750 → $137,500 (+6.8%)	$143,750 → $239,444 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$517,900 → $793,500 (+53.2%)	$545,500 → $1,050,300 (+92.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,083 → $3,167 (+2.7%)	$1,216 → $1,232 (+1.3%)

Brookeville

Population

155148

Median household income

$128,750$137,500

Median home value

$517,900$793,500

Median gross rent

$3,083$3,167

Laytonsville

Population

456750

Median household income

$143,750$239,444

Median home value

$545,500$1,050,300

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookeville	Laytonsville
Under 5	6.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	20.8%
55 to 64	25.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	14.5%
75 and over	12.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookeville	Laytonsville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	54.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookeville	Laytonsville
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	10.7%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.0%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookeville	Laytonsville
Drove alone	85.5%	54.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookeville	Laytonsville
1-unit, detached	96.2%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookeville	Laytonsville
Poverty rate	9.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.96	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1940	2012