Berwyn Heights vs Brentwood

A side-by-side comparison of Berwyn Heights and Brentwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brentwood has the higher population (3,753 vs 3,306 in Berwyn Heights). Berwyn Heights has the higher median household income ($145,833 vs $70,573 in Brentwood). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($413,100 vs $411,700 in Berwyn Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn Heights	Brentwood
Population	3,306	3,753
Median age	34.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$145,833	$70,573
Median home value	$411,700	$413,100
Median gross rent	$2,632	$1,564
Housing units	955	1,452
Homeownership rate	86.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn Heights	Brentwood
Population	3,273 → 3,306 (+1.0%)	3,476 → 3,753 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$106,912 → $145,833 (+36.4%)	$78,750 → $70,573 (-10.4%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $411,700 (+33.7%)	$298,600 → $413,100 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,070 → $2,632 (+27.1%)	$1,409 → $1,564 (+11.0%)

Berwyn Heights

Population

3,2733,306

Median household income

$106,912$145,833

Median home value

$308,000$411,700

Median gross rent

$2,070$2,632

Brentwood

Population

3,4763,753

Median household income

$78,750$70,573

Median home value

$298,600$413,100

Median gross rent

$1,409$1,564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Brentwood
Under 5	11.3%	9.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	18.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	18.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	4.6%
75 and over	3.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Brentwood
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	9.9%
Black or African American	8.3%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	6.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	53.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn Heights	Brentwood
No high school diploma	22.7%	35.0%
High school graduate	19.0%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Brentwood
Drove alone	58.3%	50.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.5%
Public transit	5.8%	21.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	11.3%
Other means	0.9%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Brentwood
1-unit, detached	92.0%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	32.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn Heights	Brentwood
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.9%
Average household size	3.61	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1958	1948