Chesapeake Beach is a city of 6,456 people in Maryland. The population has more than doubled since 2000, adding 3,276 people. Owners hold 83% of the housing stock. Few US cities rank higher on income. Households take in $138,895 a year at the median, 69% more than the country as a whole. This is an unusually credentialed place: 49% of adults have a four-year degree.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $138,895, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.9
US median: 38.9
More educated
49% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 52%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Chesapeake Beach
What changed most since 1990
Population2,419 → 6,456(+167%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree17.8% → 49.0%(+31.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Median age31.3 → 41.9(+10.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Chesapeake Beach's population equals 6.8% of Calvert County's. Its number of households without a car equals 14% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 4.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)54.5%(186)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)41.3%(141)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era5%(17)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.2%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 341 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Chesapeake Beach, decade by decade
Chesapeake Beach population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,419
$112,254
$313,929
17.8%
11.6
2000
3,180
$124,537
$292,193
21.6%
22.3
2010
5,753
$118,780
$548,959
36.5%
37.2
2020
6,356
$134,996
$446,758
42.9%
52.8
2024
6,456
$138,895
$444,600
49.0%
55.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
