Chevy Chase vs Travilah

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

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

Travilah has the higher population (11,128 vs 9,484 in Chevy Chase). Travilah has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $213,764 in Chevy Chase). Travilah has the higher median home value ($1,225,300 vs $1,193,000 in Chevy Chase).

Population, income & housing

	Chevy Chase	Travilah
Population	9,484	11,128
Median age	50.7 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$213,764	$250,001
Median home value	$1,193,000	$1,225,300
Median gross rent	$3,264	$3,385
Housing units	4,075	3,901
Homeownership rate	75.6%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.8%	80.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chevy Chase	Travilah
Population	9,622 → 9,484 (-1.4%)	11,301 → 11,128 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$181,929 → $213,764 (+17.5%)	$241,369 → $250,001 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$944,700 → $1,193,000 (+26.3%)	$1,081,200 → $1,225,300 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,957 → $3,264 (+66.8%)	$3,174 → $3,385 (+6.6%)

Chevy Chase

Population

9,6229,484

Median household income

$181,929$213,764

Median home value

$944,700$1,193,000

Median gross rent

$1,957$3,264

Travilah

Population

11,30111,128

Median household income

$241,369$250,001

Median home value

$1,081,200$1,225,300

Median gross rent

$3,174$3,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chevy Chase	Travilah
Under 5	2.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	4.2%	4.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	17.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.8%
75 and over	12.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chevy Chase	Travilah
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	53.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	35.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chevy Chase	Travilah
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	4.6%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	8.1%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	56.3%	52.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chevy Chase	Travilah
Drove alone	40.8%	60.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.4%
Public transit	5.9%	3.1%
Walked	3.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	40.4%	28.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chevy Chase	Travilah
1-unit, detached	66.8%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	23.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Chevy Chase	Travilah
Poverty rate	2.6%	2.0%
Average household size	2.43	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1959	1989