Brown Station vs Melwood

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

Brown Station and Melwood 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 3,734 in Melwood). Brown Station has the higher median household income ($153,750 vs $83,917 in Melwood). Brown Station has the higher median home value ($449,700 vs $430,700 in Melwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brown Station	Melwood
Population	3,918	3,734
Median age	51.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$153,750	$83,917
Median home value	$449,700	$430,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,277
Housing units	1,401	1,595
Homeownership rate	73.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown Station	Melwood
Population	3,596 → 3,918 (+9.0%)	4,289 → 3,734 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$126,250 → $153,750 (+21.8%)	$95,372 → $83,917 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$374,600 → $449,700 (+20.0%)	$316,000 → $430,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,195 → $1,934 (-11.9%)	$1,688 → $1,277 (-24.3%)

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

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)

	Brown Station	Melwood
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	20.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	15.5%	15.7%
75 and over	8.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown Station	Melwood
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	10.6%
Black or African American	91.1%	54.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown Station	Melwood
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	22.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown Station	Melwood
Drove alone	70.3%	70.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	9.5%
Public transit	9.9%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	14.8%
Other means	4.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown Station	Melwood
1-unit, detached	82.4%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Brown Station	Melwood
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1988	1996