Golden Beach vs Piney Point

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Beach and Piney Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden Beach and Piney Point are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Golden Beach has the higher population (3,953 vs 1,171 in Piney Point). Golden Beach has the higher median household income ($140,313 vs $114,271 in Piney Point). Golden Beach has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $343,300 in Piney Point).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Beach	Piney Point
Population	3,953	1,171
Median age	34.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$140,313	$114,271
Median home value	$376,200	$343,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,645
Housing units	1,343	509
Homeownership rate	97.5%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Beach	Piney Point
Population	3,060 → 3,953 (+29.2%)	794 → 1,171 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$85,843 → $140,313 (+63.5%)	$112,625 → $114,271 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$283,600 → $376,200 (+32.7%)	$357,400 → $343,300 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,943 (+3.9%)	$1,500 → $1,645 (+9.7%)

Golden Beach

Population

3,0603,953

Median household income

$85,843$140,313

Median home value

$283,600$376,200

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,943

Piney Point

Population

7941,171

Median household income

$112,625$114,271

Median home value

$357,400$343,300

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Beach	Piney Point
Under 5	10.9%	9.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	22.0%
35 to 44	18.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	20.2%
75 and over	3.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Beach	Piney Point
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	77.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Beach	Piney Point
No high school diploma	4.4%	20.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Beach	Piney Point
Drove alone	73.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	1.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Beach	Piney Point
1-unit, detached	98.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
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	1.6%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Golden Beach	Piney Point
Poverty rate	2.3%	0.7%
Average household size	3.20	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	45	28
Median year structure built	1978	1980