Chance vs Dames Quarter

A side-by-side comparison of Chance and Dames Quarter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chance has the higher population (218 vs 207 in Dames Quarter). Dames Quarter has the higher median household income ($69,342 vs $63,500 in Chance). Since 2019, Dames Quarter's population has grown faster (+314.0% vs -53.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Chance	Dames Quarter
Population	218	207
Median age	62.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	$69,342
Median home value	$229,800	—
Housing units	229	112
Homeownership rate	97.1%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chance	Dames Quarter
Population	470 → 218 (-53.6%)	50 → 207 (+314.0%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $63,500 (+4.4%)	$37,813 → $69,342 (+83.4%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $229,800 (+40.5%)	$202,300 → $230,000 (+13.7%)

Chance

Population

470218

Median household income

$60,833$63,500

Median home value

$163,600$229,800

Dames Quarter

Population

50207

Median household income

$37,813$69,342

Median home value

$202,300$230,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chance	Dames Quarter
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	55.6%
45 to 54	2.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	24.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	8.2%
75 and over	22.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chance	Dames Quarter
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	12.4%	0.0%
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	15.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chance	Dames Quarter
No high school diploma	22.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chance	Dames Quarter
Drove alone	61.3%	30.7%
Carpooled	22.6%	69.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chance	Dames Quarter
1-unit, detached	88.2%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Chance	Dames Quarter
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.14	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1970	1981