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. Much of the housing stock in Brandywine was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Brandywine economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Brandywine, where 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brandywine has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brandywine has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brandywine than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brandywine may be for you.

One downside of living in Brandywine is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Brandywine, the average commute to work is 40.82 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The citizens of Brandywine are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.