Golden Beach vs Wildewood

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

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

Wildewood has the higher population (7,765 vs 3,953 in Golden Beach). Golden Beach has the higher median household income ($140,313 vs $124,247 in Wildewood). Golden Beach has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $363,100 in Wildewood).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Beach	Wildewood
Population	3,953	7,765
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$140,313	$124,247
Median home value	$376,200	$363,100
Median gross rent	—	$2,036
Housing units	1,343	3,340
Homeownership rate	97.5%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Beach	Wildewood
Population	3,060 → 3,953 (+29.2%)	6,691 → 7,765 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$85,843 → $140,313 (+63.5%)	$111,333 → $124,247 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$283,600 → $376,200 (+32.7%)	$285,400 → $363,100 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,943 (+3.9%)	$1,643 → $2,036 (+23.9%)

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

Wildewood

Population

6,6917,765

Median household income

$111,333$124,247

Median home value

$285,400$363,100

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Beach	Wildewood
Under 5	10.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	22.2%
18 to 24	2.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	18.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	7.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.2%
75 and over	3.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Beach	Wildewood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	70.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Beach	Wildewood
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Beach	Wildewood
Drove alone	73.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	1.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Beach	Wildewood
1-unit, detached	98.4%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Golden Beach	Wildewood
Poverty rate	2.3%	7.0%
Average household size	3.20	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	45	39
Median year structure built	1978	2005