Cabin John vs Chevy Chase

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

Cabin John and Chevy Chase are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chevy Chase has the higher population (2,884 vs 2,096 in Cabin John). Chevy Chase has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $222,500 in Cabin John). Chevy Chase has the higher median home value ($1,678,700 vs $1,293,900 in Cabin John).

Population, income & housing

	Cabin John	Chevy Chase
Population	2,096	2,884
Median age	49.3 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$222,500	$250,001
Median home value	$1,293,900	$1,678,700
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	926	1,010
Homeownership rate	95.9%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.2%	94.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabin John	Chevy Chase
Population	2,121 → 2,096 (-1.2%)	2,973 → 2,884 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$182,279 → $222,500 (+22.1%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$933,200 → $1,293,900 (+38.7%)	$1,290,200 → $1,678,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Cabin John

Population

2,1212,096

Median household income

$182,279$222,500

Median home value

$933,200$1,293,900

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)

	Cabin John	Chevy Chase
Under 5	2.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	6.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	16.5%
75 and over	17.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabin John	Chevy Chase
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	81.8%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	10.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	13.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabin John	Chevy Chase
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	4.9%	1.9%
Some college or associate's	5.9%	3.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	61.8%	73.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabin John	Chevy Chase
Drove alone	53.4%	39.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	2.1%
Public transit	1.2%	8.8%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	35.2%	40.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabin John	Chevy Chase
1-unit, detached	90.3%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cabin John	Chevy Chase
Poverty rate	0.1%	2.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1976	1938