Colesville vs Kemp Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Colesville and Kemp Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

Colesville and Kemp Mill are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kemp Mill has the higher population (14,437 vs 14,075 in Colesville). Kemp Mill has the higher median household income ($160,750 vs $131,022 in Colesville). Colesville has the higher median home value ($593,900 vs $567,300 in Kemp Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Colesville	Kemp Mill
Population	14,075	14,437
Median age	48.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$131,022	$160,750
Median home value	$593,900	$567,300
Median gross rent	$1,906	$2,105
Housing units	5,239	5,078
Homeownership rate	84.7%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colesville	Kemp Mill
Population	13,992 → 14,075 (+0.6%)	14,733 → 14,437 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$125,497 → $131,022 (+4.4%)	$116,542 → $160,750 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$463,000 → $593,900 (+28.3%)	$424,700 → $567,300 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,897 → $1,906 (+0.5%)	$2,070 → $2,105 (+1.7%)

Colesville

Population

13,99214,075

Median household income

$125,497$131,022

Median home value

$463,000$593,900

Median gross rent

$1,897$1,906

Kemp Mill

Population

14,73314,437

Median household income

$116,542$160,750

Median home value

$424,700$567,300

Median gross rent

$2,070$2,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colesville	Kemp Mill
Under 5	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.5%
75 and over	12.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colesville	Kemp Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	53.9%
Black or African American	33.6%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colesville	Kemp Mill
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	15.0%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	37.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colesville	Kemp Mill
Drove alone	56.5%	54.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.5%
Public transit	4.5%	8.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	29.5%	26.1%
Other means	4.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colesville	Kemp Mill
1-unit, detached	82.4%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	10.5%	22.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Colesville	Kemp Mill
Poverty rate	5.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1968	1962