Laytonsville vs Washington Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Laytonsville and Washington Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Laytonsville and Washington Grove 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 590 in Washington Grove). Laytonsville has the higher median household income ($239,444 vs $160,417 in Washington Grove). Laytonsville has the higher median home value ($1,050,300 vs $594,200 in Washington Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Laytonsville	Washington Grove
Population	750	590
Median age	46.2 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$239,444	$160,417
Median home value	$1,050,300	$594,200
Median gross rent	$1,232	—
Housing units	243	305
Homeownership rate	94.6%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	70.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laytonsville	Washington Grove
Population	456 → 750 (+64.5%)	694 → 590 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$143,750 → $239,444 (+66.6%)	$113,967 → $160,417 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$545,500 → $1,050,300 (+92.5%)	$446,400 → $594,200 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,232 (+1.3%)	—

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

Washington Grove

Population

694590

Median household income

$113,967$160,417

Median home value

$446,400$594,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laytonsville	Washington Grove
Under 5	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	22.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	6.1%	2.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	16.9%
45 to 54	20.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	23.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	22.4%
75 and over	2.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laytonsville	Washington Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	79.2%
Black or African American	16.7%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laytonsville	Washington Grove
No high school diploma	6.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	21.3%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laytonsville	Washington Grove
Drove alone	54.0%	51.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.6%
Public transit	2.2%	17.3%
Walked	6.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.2%	23.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laytonsville	Washington Grove
1-unit, detached	96.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laytonsville	Washington Grove
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.7%
Average household size	3.10	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	2012	1951