Berwyn Heights vs Melwood

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

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

Melwood has the higher population (3,734 vs 3,306 in Berwyn Heights). Berwyn Heights has the higher median household income ($145,833 vs $83,917 in Melwood). Melwood has the higher median home value ($430,700 vs $411,700 in Berwyn Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn Heights	Melwood
Population	3,306	3,734
Median age	34.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$145,833	$83,917
Median home value	$411,700	$430,700
Median gross rent	$2,632	$1,277
Housing units	955	1,595
Homeownership rate	86.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn Heights	Melwood
Population	3,273 → 3,306 (+1.0%)	4,289 → 3,734 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$106,912 → $145,833 (+36.4%)	$95,372 → $83,917 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $411,700 (+33.7%)	$316,000 → $430,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,070 → $2,632 (+27.1%)	$1,688 → $1,277 (-24.3%)

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

Melwood

Population

4,2893,734

Median household income

$95,372$83,917

Median home value

$316,000$430,700

Median gross rent

$1,688$1,277

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Melwood
Under 5	11.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	15.7%
75 and over	3.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Melwood
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	10.6%
Black or African American	8.3%	54.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn Heights	Melwood
No high school diploma	22.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	19.0%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Melwood
Drove alone	58.3%	70.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.5%
Public transit	5.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	14.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn Heights	Melwood
1-unit, detached	92.0%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn Heights	Melwood
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.2%
Average household size	3.61	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1958	1996