Chevy Chase Section Five vs Laytonsville

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

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

Chevy Chase Section Five has the higher population (767 vs 750 in Laytonsville). Chevy Chase Section Five has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $239,444 in Laytonsville). Chevy Chase Section Five has the higher median home value ($1,631,900 vs $1,050,300 in Laytonsville).

Population, income & housing

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Laytonsville
Population	767	750
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$239,444
Median home value	$1,631,900	$1,050,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,232
Housing units	253	243
Homeownership rate	98.0%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	97.0%	60.4%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Laytonsville
Population	638 → 767 (+20.2%)	456 → 750 (+64.5%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$143,750 → $239,444 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$1,264,900 → $1,631,900 (+29.0%)	$545,500 → $1,050,300 (+92.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$1,216 → $1,232 (+1.3%)

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

Laytonsville

Population

456750

Median household income

$143,750$239,444

Median home value

$545,500$1,050,300

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Laytonsville
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	20.8%
55 to 64	19.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.5%
75 and over	10.4%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Laytonsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	54.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Laytonsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	1.5%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	1.5%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	65.2%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Laytonsville
Drove alone	53.8%	54.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.9%
Public transit	5.1%	2.2%
Walked	1.2%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.9%	27.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Laytonsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chevy Chase Section Five	Laytonsville
Poverty rate	1.2%	4.1%
Average household size	3.13	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1938	2012