Layhill vs Poolesville

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

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

Poolesville has the higher population (5,704 vs 5,392 in Layhill). Poolesville has the higher median household income ($216,653 vs $119,453 in Layhill). Poolesville has the higher median home value ($672,300 vs $582,600 in Layhill).

Population, income & housing

	Layhill	Poolesville
Population	5,392	5,704
Median age	41.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,453	$216,653
Median home value	$582,600	$672,300
Median gross rent	$1,953	—
Housing units	1,696	2,030
Homeownership rate	86.0%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	67.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Layhill	Poolesville
Population	5,216 → 5,392 (+3.4%)	5,191 → 5,704 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$102,259 → $119,453 (+16.8%)	$180,524 → $216,653 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$451,000 → $582,600 (+29.2%)	$475,000 → $672,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,951 → $1,953 (+0.1%)	$2,078 → $1,786 (-14.1%)

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

Poolesville

Population

5,1915,704

Median household income

$180,524$216,653

Median home value

$475,000$672,300

Median gross rent

$2,078$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Layhill	Poolesville
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.9%
75 and over	7.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Layhill	Poolesville
White (non-Hispanic)	19.3%	73.3%
Black or African American	44.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.9%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Layhill	Poolesville
No high school diploma	12.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	12.9%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Layhill	Poolesville
Drove alone	53.9%	55.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	4.2%
Public transit	10.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	37.6%
Other means	2.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Layhill	Poolesville
1-unit, detached	57.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	41.1%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Layhill	Poolesville
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.8%
Average household size	3.18	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	40	36
Median year structure built	1979	1985