Chevy Chase Section Five vs Garrett Park

A side-by-side comparison of Chevy Chase Section Five and Garrett Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garrett Park has the higher population (872 vs 767 in Chevy Chase Section Five). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Chevy Chase Section Five has the higher median home value ($1,631,900 vs $994,200 in Garrett Park).

Population, income & housing

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Garrett Park
Population	767	872
Median age	45.2 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$1,631,900	$994,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,750
Housing units	253	331
Homeownership rate	98.0%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	97.0%	88.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Garrett Park
Population	638 → 767 (+20.2%)	873 → 872 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$187,778 → $250,001 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$1,264,900 → $1,631,900 (+29.0%)	$823,300 → $994,200 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$1,568 → $2,750 (+75.4%)

Chevy Chase Section Five

Population

638767

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,264,900$1,631,900

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Garrett Park

Population

873872

Median household income

$187,778$250,001

Median home value

$823,300$994,200

Median gross rent

$1,568$2,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Garrett Park
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	20.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.1%
75 and over	10.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Garrett Park
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Garrett Park
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	1.5%	1.7%
Some college or associate's	1.5%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	65.2%	60.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Garrett Park
Drove alone	53.8%	31.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	1.3%
Public transit	5.1%	9.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.9%	55.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Garrett Park
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Garrett Park
Poverty rate	1.2%	0.9%
Average household size	3.13	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1938	1952