Glen Echo vs Laytonsville

A side-by-side comparison of Glen Echo and Laytonsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laytonsville has the higher population (750 vs 314 in Glen Echo). Laytonsville has the higher median household income ($239,444 vs $195,000 in Glen Echo). Glen Echo has the higher median home value ($1,128,500 vs $1,050,300 in Laytonsville).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Echo	Laytonsville
Population	314	750
Median age	47.7 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$195,000	$239,444
Median home value	$1,128,500	$1,050,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,232
Housing units	114	243
Homeownership rate	93.5%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.0%	60.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Echo	Laytonsville
Population	309 → 314 (+1.6%)	456 → 750 (+64.5%)
Median household income	$211,875 → $195,000 (-8.0%)	$143,750 → $239,444 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$920,100 → $1,128,500 (+22.6%)	$545,500 → $1,050,300 (+92.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,750 → $3,501 (+27.3%)	$1,216 → $1,232 (+1.3%)

Glen Echo

Population

309314

Median household income

$211,875$195,000

Median home value

$920,100$1,128,500

Median gross rent

$2,750$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)

	Glen Echo	Laytonsville
Under 5	2.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	24.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	3.8%	6.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	20.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	16.2%	14.5%
75 and over	8.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Echo	Laytonsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	54.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Echo	Laytonsville
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	3.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	52.4%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Echo	Laytonsville
Drove alone	46.2%	54.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	8.9%
Public transit	1.5%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.0%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Echo	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

	Glen Echo	Laytonsville
Poverty rate	1.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.91	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1938	2012