Chillum vs Fort Washington

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

Chillum and Fort Washington 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 25,843 in Fort Washington). Fort Washington has the higher median household income ($145,942 vs $78,513 in Chillum). Fort Washington has the higher median home value ($464,300 vs $383,900 in Chillum).

Population, income & housing

	Chillum	Fort Washington
Population	35,163	25,843
Median age	36.0 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,513	$145,942
Median home value	$383,900	$464,300
Median gross rent	$1,733	$2,724
Housing units	11,910	8,854
Homeownership rate	39.6%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillum	Fort Washington
Population	35,557 → 35,163 (-1.1%)	24,237 → 25,843 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$63,795 → $78,513 (+23.1%)	$117,950 → $145,942 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $383,900 (+31.1%)	$358,500 → $464,300 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,733 (+19.5%)	$2,084 → $2,724 (+30.7%)

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

Fort Washington

Population

24,23725,843

Median household income

$117,950$145,942

Median home value

$358,500$464,300

Median gross rent

$2,084$2,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillum	Fort Washington
Under 5	7.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.5%
75 and over	4.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillum	Fort Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	10.3%
Black or African American	42.5%	59.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	48.5%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillum	Fort Washington
No high school diploma	28.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	27.5%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillum	Fort Washington
Drove alone	54.8%	66.9%
Carpooled	14.4%	9.2%
Public transit	15.3%	4.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	16.5%
Other means	4.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillum	Fort Washington
1-unit, detached	37.8%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	26.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chillum	Fort Washington
Poverty rate	11.3%	5.4%
Average household size	3.08	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	36	39
Median year structure built	1960	1980