Brandywine vs Friendly

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

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

Friendly has the higher population (11,673 vs 10,989 in Brandywine). Brandywine has the higher median household income ($158,258 vs $136,485 in Friendly). Brandywine has the higher median home value ($543,000 vs $407,800 in Friendly).

Population, income & housing

	Brandywine	Friendly
Population	10,989	11,673
Median age	43.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$158,258	$136,485
Median home value	$543,000	$407,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,345
Housing units	3,713	3,837
Homeownership rate	98.5%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandywine	Friendly
Population	9,849 → 10,989 (+11.6%)	10,051 → 11,673 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$146,146 → $158,258 (+8.3%)	$130,577 → $136,485 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$381,800 → $543,000 (+42.2%)	$320,700 → $407,800 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,123 → $2,343 (+10.4%)	$2,236 → $2,345 (+4.9%)

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

Friendly

Population

10,05111,673

Median household income

$130,577$136,485

Median home value

$320,700$407,800

Median gross rent

$2,236$2,345

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandywine	Friendly
Under 5	2.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.2%
75 and over	2.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandywine	Friendly
White (non-Hispanic)	10.4%	6.2%
Black or African American	77.5%	55.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	1.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandywine	Friendly
No high school diploma	3.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.0%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandywine	Friendly
Drove alone	64.9%	55.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.1%
Public transit	2.9%	6.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	24.4%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandywine	Friendly
1-unit, detached	82.0%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	16.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brandywine	Friendly
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.0%
Average household size	2.98	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	39	40
Median year structure built	2007	1977