Burtonsville vs South Kensington

A side-by-side comparison of Burtonsville and South Kensington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burtonsville has the higher population (10,063 vs 8,057 in South Kensington). South Kensington has the higher median household income ($193,793 vs $130,000 in Burtonsville). South Kensington has the higher median home value ($905,000 vs $481,800 in Burtonsville).

Population, income & housing

	Burtonsville	South Kensington
Population	10,063	8,057
Median age	37.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$130,000	$193,793
Median home value	$481,800	$905,000
Median gross rent	$2,222	$3,141
Housing units	3,002	2,967
Homeownership rate	80.7%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.0%	82.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burtonsville	South Kensington
Population	9,823 → 10,063 (+2.4%)	8,763 → 8,057 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$102,008 → $130,000 (+27.4%)	$180,000 → $193,793 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$384,800 → $481,800 (+25.2%)	$754,200 → $905,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $2,222 (+23.9%)	$2,180 → $3,141 (+44.1%)

Burtonsville

Population

9,82310,063

Median household income

$102,008$130,000

Median home value

$384,800$481,800

Median gross rent

$1,794$2,222

South Kensington

Population

8,7638,057

Median household income

$180,000$193,793

Median home value

$754,200$905,000

Median gross rent

$2,180$3,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burtonsville	South Kensington
Under 5	5.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.6%
75 and over	5.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burtonsville	South Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	22.1%	78.0%
Black or African American	33.8%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	23.8%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burtonsville	South Kensington
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	17.3%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	52.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burtonsville	South Kensington
Drove alone	70.6%	49.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	2.2%
Public transit	3.4%	5.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	17.3%	38.8%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burtonsville	South Kensington
1-unit, detached	60.2%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	30.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Burtonsville	South Kensington
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.9%
Average household size	3.37	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1985	1956