Forest Glen vs Layhill

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Glen and Layhill: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Glen and Layhill are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Glen has the higher population (6,650 vs 5,392 in Layhill). Forest Glen has the higher median household income ($127,196 vs $119,453 in Layhill). Forest Glen has the higher median home value ($604,800 vs $582,600 in Layhill).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Glen	Layhill
Population	6,650	5,392
Median age	39.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$127,196	$119,453
Median home value	$604,800	$582,600
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,953
Housing units	2,640	1,696
Homeownership rate	62.9%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.9%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Glen	Layhill
Population	6,469 → 6,650 (+2.8%)	5,216 → 5,392 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$105,585 → $127,196 (+20.5%)	$102,259 → $119,453 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$461,500 → $604,800 (+31.1%)	$451,000 → $582,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,550 → $1,553 (+0.2%)	$1,951 → $1,953 (+0.1%)

Forest Glen

Population

6,4696,650

Median household income

$105,585$127,196

Median home value

$461,500$604,800

Median gross rent

$1,550$1,553

Layhill

Population

5,2165,392

Median household income

$102,259$119,453

Median home value

$451,000$582,600

Median gross rent

$1,951$1,953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Glen	Layhill
Under 5	5.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.2%
75 and over	9.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Glen	Layhill
White (non-Hispanic)	48.9%	19.3%
Black or African American	11.7%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Glen	Layhill
No high school diploma	10.7%	12.4%
High school graduate	9.1%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	37.5%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Glen	Layhill
Drove alone	40.8%	53.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	14.8%
Public transit	13.4%	10.6%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.2%	16.1%
Other means	1.4%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Glen	Layhill
1-unit, detached	56.0%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	41.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	17.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Glen	Layhill
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.60	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1959	1979