Eckhart Mines vs Mount Savage

A side-by-side comparison of Eckhart Mines and Mount Savage: population, income, housing, and more.

Eckhart Mines and Mount Savage are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eckhart Mines has the higher population (521 vs 462 in Mount Savage). Mount Savage has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $51,458 in Eckhart Mines). Eckhart Mines has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $84,300 in Mount Savage).

Population, income & housing

	Eckhart Mines	Mount Savage
Population	521	462
Median age	41.2 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$53,750
Median home value	$131,300	$84,300
Median gross rent	$872	—
Housing units	343	317
Homeownership rate	44.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eckhart Mines	Mount Savage
Population	665 → 521 (-21.7%)	747 → 462 (-38.2%)
Median household income	$59,091 → $51,458 (-12.9%)	$47,708 → $53,750 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $131,300 (+87.6%)	$88,000 → $84,300 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$774 → $613 (-20.8%)

Eckhart Mines

Population

665521

Median household income

$59,091$51,458

Median home value

$70,000$131,300

Mount Savage

Population

747462

Median household income

$47,708$53,750

Median home value

$88,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$774$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eckhart Mines	Mount Savage
Under 5	8.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	21.6%
55 to 64	26.1%	22.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	22.1%
75 and over	4.8%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eckhart Mines	Mount Savage
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eckhart Mines	Mount Savage
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	74.7%	58.7%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eckhart Mines	Mount Savage
Drove alone	100.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eckhart Mines	Mount Savage
1-unit, detached	68.2%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eckhart Mines	Mount Savage
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	49	26
Median year structure built	1960	1938