Burnt Mills vs Chevy Chase

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

Burnt Mills and Chevy Chase 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 2,884 in Chevy Chase). Chevy Chase has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $109,402 in Burnt Mills). Chevy Chase has the higher median home value ($1,678,700 vs $568,100 in Burnt Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Mills	Chevy Chase
Population	4,111	2,884
Median age	42.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,402	$250,001
Median home value	$568,100	$1,678,700
Median gross rent	$1,838	$3,501
Housing units	1,246	1,010
Homeownership rate	83.6%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	94.4%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Mills	Chevy Chase
Population	4,083 → 4,111 (+0.7%)	2,973 → 2,884 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$103,207 → $109,402 (+6.0%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$445,700 → $568,100 (+27.5%)	$1,290,200 → $1,678,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,043 → $1,838 (-10.0%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

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

Chevy Chase

Population

2,9732,884

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,290,200$1,678,700

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnt Mills	Chevy Chase
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	22.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	16.5%
75 and over	3.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Mills	Chevy Chase
White (non-Hispanic)	23.0%	81.8%
Black or African American	27.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Mills	Chevy Chase
No high school diploma	16.6%	0.3%
High school graduate	23.4%	1.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	3.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	73.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Mills	Chevy Chase
Drove alone	70.8%	39.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.1%
Public transit	4.8%	8.8%
Walked	0.6%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	40.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Mills	Chevy Chase
1-unit, detached	76.5%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Mills	Chevy Chase
Poverty rate	5.5%	2.6%
Average household size	3.29	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1964	1938