What is the population of Chillum CDP?

Chillum CDP has 35,163 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Chillum CDP?

Median household income in Chillum CDP is $78,513 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chillum CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,733 a month and the median home value is $383,900, so rent absorbs about 26.5% of median household income.

Is Chillum CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chillum CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Chillum, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Chillum, Maryland (Chillum, MD — Census place “Chillum CDP”) is 35,163 residents, ranking #32 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $78,513, the median home is worth $383,900 and median gross rent runs $1,733 a month. Looking for the Chillum Maryland ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Chillum, MD: 20782, 20783.

Population: 35,163Chillum CDP residents
Median household income: $78,513Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $383,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,733Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 39.6%Owner-occupied households

Chillum ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Chillum.

The Chillum MD ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Chillum CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Chillum CDP median would spend about 26.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.3% of residents and 39.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Chillum CDP, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Chillum CDP is a small city in Maryland, with 35,163 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #32 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 36 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Chillum CDP earn a median of $78,513 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 28% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Chillum CDP is valued at $383,900, 26.5% above the national figure and 3% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,733 a month, 23.3% above the national figure, or roughly $20,796 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 39.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Chillum CDP?: Chillum CDP has 35,163 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Chillum CDP?: Median household income in Chillum CDP is $78,513 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chillum CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,733 a month and the median home value is $383,900, so rent absorbs about 26.5% of median household income.
Is Chillum CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chillum CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Chillum CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.