Brookmont vs Layhill

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

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

Layhill has the higher population (5,392 vs 3,825 in Brookmont). Brookmont has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $119,453 in Layhill). Brookmont has the higher median home value ($1,280,700 vs $582,600 in Layhill).

Population, income & housing

	Brookmont	Layhill
Population	3,825	5,392
Median age	46.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$119,453
Median home value	$1,280,700	$582,600
Median gross rent	$3,000	$1,953
Housing units	1,322	1,696
Homeownership rate	78.1%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.1%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookmont	Layhill
Population	3,921 → 3,825 (-2.4%)	5,216 → 5,392 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$239,943 → $250,001 (+4.2%)	$102,259 → $119,453 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$1,045,800 → $1,280,700 (+22.5%)	$451,000 → $582,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,306 → $3,000 (+30.1%)	$1,951 → $1,953 (+0.1%)

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

Layhill

Population

5,2165,392

Median household income

$102,259$119,453

Median home value

$451,000$582,600

Median gross rent

$1,951$1,953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookmont	Layhill
Under 5	3.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	25.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.2%
75 and over	7.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookmont	Layhill
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	19.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookmont	Layhill
No high school diploma	1.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	3.5%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	7.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	57.3%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookmont	Layhill
Drove alone	47.8%	53.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	14.8%
Public transit	3.0%	10.6%
Walked	2.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.0%	16.1%
Other means	0.9%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookmont	Layhill
1-unit, detached	89.8%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	41.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookmont	Layhill
Poverty rate	0.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.89	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	40
Median year structure built	1962	1979