Berwyn Heights vs Brown Station

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

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

Brown Station has the higher population (3,918 vs 3,306 in Berwyn Heights). Brown Station has the higher median household income ($153,750 vs $145,833 in Berwyn Heights). Brown Station has the higher median home value ($449,700 vs $411,700 in Berwyn Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn Heights	Brown Station
Population	3,306	3,918
Median age	34.2 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$145,833	$153,750
Median home value	$411,700	$449,700
Median gross rent	$2,632	—
Housing units	955	1,401
Homeownership rate	86.0%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn Heights	Brown Station
Population	3,273 → 3,306 (+1.0%)	3,596 → 3,918 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$106,912 → $145,833 (+36.4%)	$126,250 → $153,750 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $411,700 (+33.7%)	$374,600 → $449,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,070 → $2,632 (+27.1%)	$2,195 → $1,934 (-11.9%)

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

Brown Station

Population

3,5963,918

Median household income

$126,250$153,750

Median home value

$374,600$449,700

Median gross rent

$2,195$1,934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Brown Station
Under 5	11.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	20.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	15.5%
75 and over	3.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Brown Station
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	3.8%
Black or African American	8.3%	91.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn Heights	Brown Station
No high school diploma	22.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	19.0%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Brown Station
Drove alone	58.3%	70.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.8%
Public transit	5.8%	9.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	11.3%
Other means	0.9%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Brown Station
1-unit, detached	92.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn Heights	Brown Station
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.6%
Average household size	3.61	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1958	1988