Brookmont vs Burnt Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Brookmont and Burnt Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burnt Mills has the higher population (4,111 vs 3,825 in Brookmont). Brookmont has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $109,402 in Burnt Mills). Brookmont has the higher median home value ($1,280,700 vs $568,100 in Burnt Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Brookmont	Burnt Mills
Population	3,825	4,111
Median age	46.7 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$109,402
Median home value	$1,280,700	$568,100
Median gross rent	$3,000	$1,838
Housing units	1,322	1,246
Homeownership rate	78.1%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.1%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookmont	Burnt Mills
Population	3,921 → 3,825 (-2.4%)	4,083 → 4,111 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$239,943 → $250,001 (+4.2%)	$103,207 → $109,402 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$1,045,800 → $1,280,700 (+22.5%)	$445,700 → $568,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,306 → $3,000 (+30.1%)	$2,043 → $1,838 (-10.0%)

Brookmont

Population

3,9213,825

Median household income

$239,943$250,001

Median home value

$1,045,800$1,280,700

Median gross rent

$2,306$3,000

Burnt Mills

Population

4,0834,111

Median household income

$103,207$109,402

Median home value

$445,700$568,100

Median gross rent

$2,043$1,838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookmont	Burnt Mills
Under 5	3.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	25.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	17.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	18.5%	22.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.6%
75 and over	7.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookmont	Burnt Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	23.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	41.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookmont	Burnt Mills
No high school diploma	1.2%	16.6%
High school graduate	3.5%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	7.2%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	57.3%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookmont	Burnt Mills
Drove alone	47.8%	70.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.4%
Public transit	3.0%	4.8%
Walked	2.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.0%	18.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookmont	Burnt Mills
1-unit, detached	89.8%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookmont	Burnt Mills
Poverty rate	0.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.89	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1962	1964