Chevy Chase Section Five vs North Chevy Chase

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

Chevy Chase Section Five and North 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 Section Five has the higher population (767 vs 685 in North Chevy Chase). Chevy Chase Section Five has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $247,500 in North Chevy Chase). Chevy Chase Section Five has the higher median home value ($1,631,900 vs $1,149,000 in North Chevy Chase).

Population, income & housing

	Chevy Chase Section Five	North Chevy Chase
Population	767	685
Median age	45.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$247,500
Median home value	$1,631,900	$1,149,000
Median gross rent	—	$3,411
Housing units	253	225
Homeownership rate	98.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	97.0%	87.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	North Chevy Chase
Population	638 → 767 (+20.2%)	591 → 685 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$200,313 → $247,500 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$1,264,900 → $1,631,900 (+29.0%)	$860,300 → $1,149,000 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$3,417 → $3,411 (-0.2%)

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

North Chevy Chase

Population

591685

Median household income

$200,313$247,500

Median home value

$860,300$1,149,000

Median gross rent

$3,417$3,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	North Chevy Chase
Under 5	5.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	19.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.8%
75 and over	10.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	North Chevy Chase
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chevy Chase Section Five	North Chevy Chase
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	1.5%	1.4%
Some college or associate's	1.5%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	65.2%	55.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	North Chevy Chase
Drove alone	53.8%	46.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.5%
Public transit	5.1%	2.6%
Walked	1.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.9%	46.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chevy Chase Section Five	North Chevy Chase
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
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	North Chevy Chase
Poverty rate	1.2%	1.9%
Average household size	3.13	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1938	1956