Friendship Heights Village vs Layhill

A side-by-side comparison of Friendship Heights Village and Layhill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Layhill has the higher population (5,392 vs 3,991 in Friendship Heights Village). Layhill has the higher median household income ($119,453 vs $110,199 in Friendship Heights Village). Layhill has the higher median home value ($582,600 vs $473,400 in Friendship Heights Village).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship Heights Village	Layhill
Population	3,991	5,392
Median age	51.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,199	$119,453
Median home value	$473,400	$582,600
Median gross rent	$2,342	$1,953
Housing units	2,942	1,696
Homeownership rate	37.1%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.7%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship Heights Village	Layhill
Population	5,396 → 3,991 (-26.0%)	5,216 → 5,392 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$113,490 → $110,199 (-2.9%)	$102,259 → $119,453 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$441,300 → $473,400 (+7.3%)	$451,000 → $582,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,259 → $2,342 (+3.7%)	$1,951 → $1,953 (+0.1%)

Friendship Heights Village

Population

5,3963,991

Median household income

$113,490$110,199

Median home value

$441,300$473,400

Median gross rent

$2,259$2,342

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)

	Friendship Heights Village	Layhill
Under 5	2.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	4.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.2%
75 and over	21.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship Heights Village	Layhill
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	19.3%
Black or African American	5.5%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.5%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship Heights Village	Layhill
No high school diploma	2.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	8.0%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	51.0%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship Heights Village	Layhill
Drove alone	27.1%	53.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	14.8%
Public transit	27.6%	10.6%
Walked	12.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.3%	16.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship Heights Village	Layhill
1-unit, detached	1.8%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	41.1%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	95.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Friendship Heights Village	Layhill
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.3%
Average household size	1.53	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	40
Median year structure built	1973	1979