Chillum vs College Park

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

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

Chillum has the higher population (35,163 vs 34,397 in College Park). Chillum has the higher median household income ($78,513 vs $74,867 in College Park). College Park has the higher median home value ($429,000 vs $383,900 in Chillum).

Population, income & housing

	Chillum	College Park
Population	35,163	34,397
Median age	36.0 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,513	$74,867
Median home value	$383,900	$429,000
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,846
Housing units	11,910	10,354
Homeownership rate	39.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillum	College Park
Population	35,557 → 35,163 (-1.1%)	32,159 → 34,397 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$63,795 → $78,513 (+23.1%)	$66,679 → $74,867 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $383,900 (+31.1%)	$330,300 → $429,000 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,733 (+19.5%)	$1,528 → $1,846 (+20.8%)

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

College Park

Population

32,15934,397

Median household income

$66,679$74,867

Median home value

$330,300$429,000

Median gross rent

$1,528$1,846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillum	College Park
Under 5	7.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	6.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	50.6%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	5.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	5.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	4.4%
75 and over	4.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillum	College Park
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	38.7%
Black or African American	42.5%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	15.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	48.5%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillum	College Park
No high school diploma	28.8%	13.1%
High school graduate	27.5%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillum	College Park
Drove alone	54.8%	48.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	8.7%
Public transit	15.3%	6.9%
Walked	1.5%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	3.5%
Worked from home	8.7%	15.5%
Other means	4.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillum	College Park
1-unit, detached	37.8%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	26.6%	42.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chillum	College Park
Poverty rate	11.3%	29.3%
Average household size	3.08	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1960	1979