Brandywine is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 10,550 people and two associated neighborhoods, Brandywine is the 75th largest community in Maryland. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Brandywine, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Brandywine, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Brandywine’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Brandywine does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $157,587.00.

Housing costs in Brandywine are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Brandywine has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Brandywine telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 25.68% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Brandywine has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Brandywine a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Brandywine, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.82 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Brandywine citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.82% of adults in Brandywine have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brandywine in 2022 was $62,060, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $248,240 for a family of four.

Brandywine is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brandywine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brandywine residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brandywine include Irish, German, Nigerian, African, and Other Subsaharan African.

The most common language spoken in Brandywine is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Spanish.