Chillum vs Clinton

A side-by-side comparison of Chillum and Clinton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clinton has the higher population (38,756 vs 35,163 in Chillum). Clinton has the higher median household income ($120,967 vs $78,513 in Chillum). Clinton has the higher median home value ($400,300 vs $383,900 in Chillum).

Population, income & housing

	Chillum	Clinton
Population	35,163	38,756
Median age	36.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,513	$120,967
Median home value	$383,900	$400,300
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,665
Housing units	11,910	14,080
Homeownership rate	39.6%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillum	Clinton
Population	35,557 → 35,163 (-1.1%)	39,018 → 38,756 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$63,795 → $78,513 (+23.1%)	$112,771 → $120,967 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $383,900 (+31.1%)	$299,800 → $400,300 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,733 (+19.5%)	$1,954 → $1,665 (-14.8%)

Chillum

Population

35,55735,163

Median household income

$63,795$78,513

Median home value

$292,900$383,900

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,733

Clinton

Population

39,01838,756

Median household income

$112,771$120,967

Median home value

$299,800$400,300

Median gross rent

$1,954$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillum	Clinton
Under 5	7.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.4%
75 and over	4.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillum	Clinton
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	7.0%
Black or African American	42.5%	76.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	2.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	48.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillum	Clinton
No high school diploma	28.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	27.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillum	Clinton
Drove alone	54.8%	64.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	8.6%
Public transit	15.3%	5.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.7%	16.8%
Other means	4.4%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillum	Clinton
1-unit, detached	37.8%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	26.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Chillum	Clinton
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.4%
Average household size	3.08	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1960	1987