Barclay vs Kent Narrows

A side-by-side comparison of Barclay and Kent Narrows: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kent Narrows has the higher population (444 vs 203 in Barclay). Kent Narrows has the higher median household income ($176,429 vs $57,083 in Barclay). Kent Narrows has the higher median home value ($614,800 vs $256,800 in Barclay).

Population, income & housing

	Barclay	Kent Narrows
Population	203	444
Median age	37.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$176,429
Median home value	$256,800	$614,800
Median gross rent	$1,637	—
Housing units	88	292
Homeownership rate	40.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barclay	Kent Narrows
Population	275 → 203 (-26.2%)	511 → 444 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$74,833 → $57,083 (-23.7%)	$125,139 → $176,429 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$234,400 → $256,800 (+9.6%)	$484,200 → $614,800 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,637 (+54.7%)	$2,118 → $2,250 (+6.2%)

Barclay

Population

275203

Median household income

$74,833$57,083

Median home value

$234,400$256,800

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,637

Kent Narrows

Population

511444

Median household income

$125,139$176,429

Median home value

$484,200$614,800

Median gross rent

$2,118$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barclay	Kent Narrows
Under 5	5.9%	11.7%
5 to 17	23.2%	6.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	18.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	6.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	19.8%
75 and over	6.4%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barclay	Kent Narrows
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	18.7%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barclay	Kent Narrows
No high school diploma	16.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	58.5%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barclay	Kent Narrows
Drove alone	69.0%	63.0%
Carpooled	31.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	32.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barclay	Kent Narrows
1-unit, detached	55.7%	15.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	51.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	29.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barclay	Kent Narrows
Poverty rate	8.9%	2.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1984	1994