Burnt Mills vs Layhill

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

Burnt Mills 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 4,111 in Burnt Mills). Layhill has the higher median household income ($119,453 vs $109,402 in Burnt Mills). Layhill has the higher median home value ($582,600 vs $568,100 in Burnt Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Mills	Layhill
Population	4,111	5,392
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,402	$119,453
Median home value	$568,100	$582,600
Median gross rent	$1,838	$1,953
Housing units	1,246	1,696
Homeownership rate	83.6%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Mills	Layhill
Population	4,083 → 4,111 (+0.7%)	5,216 → 5,392 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$103,207 → $109,402 (+6.0%)	$102,259 → $119,453 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$445,700 → $568,100 (+27.5%)	$451,000 → $582,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,043 → $1,838 (-10.0%)	$1,951 → $1,953 (+0.1%)

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

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)

	Burnt Mills	Layhill
Under 5	6.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	22.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.2%
75 and over	3.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Mills	Layhill
White (non-Hispanic)	23.0%	19.3%
Black or African American	27.9%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.2%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Mills	Layhill
No high school diploma	16.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	23.4%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Mills	Layhill
Drove alone	70.8%	53.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	14.8%
Public transit	4.8%	10.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	16.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Mills	Layhill
1-unit, detached	76.5%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	41.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Mills	Layhill
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.3%
Average household size	3.29	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	37	40
Median year structure built	1964	1979