Brandywine vs Forestville

A side-by-side comparison of Brandywine and Forestville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brandywine has the higher population (10,989 vs 10,839 in Forestville). Brandywine has the higher median household income ($158,258 vs $80,028 in Forestville). Brandywine has the higher median home value ($543,000 vs $324,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Brandywine	Forestville
Population	10,989	10,839
Median age	43.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$158,258	$80,028
Median home value	$543,000	$324,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,694
Housing units	3,713	4,836
Homeownership rate	98.5%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandywine	Forestville
Population	9,849 → 10,989 (+11.6%)	12,342 → 10,839 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$146,146 → $158,258 (+8.3%)	$68,507 → $80,028 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$381,800 → $543,000 (+42.2%)	$228,500 → $324,700 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,123 → $2,343 (+10.4%)	$1,466 → $1,694 (+15.6%)

Brandywine

Population

9,84910,989

Median household income

$146,146$158,258

Median home value

$381,800$543,000

Median gross rent

$2,123$2,343

Forestville

Population

12,34210,839

Median household income

$68,507$80,028

Median home value

$228,500$324,700

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandywine	Forestville
Under 5	2.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.7%
75 and over	2.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandywine	Forestville
White (non-Hispanic)	10.4%	2.6%
Black or African American	77.5%	87.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandywine	Forestville
No high school diploma	3.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandywine	Forestville
Drove alone	64.9%	59.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.6%
Public transit	2.9%	10.4%
Walked	0.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	15.4%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandywine	Forestville
1-unit, detached	82.0%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	16.6%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brandywine	Forestville
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	39	36
Median year structure built	2007	1967