Ellerslie vs Mount Savage

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

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

Ellerslie has the higher population (516 vs 462 in Mount Savage). Mount Savage has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $34,167 in Ellerslie). Ellerslie has the higher median home value ($145,200 vs $84,300 in Mount Savage).

Population, income & housing

	Ellerslie	Mount Savage
Population	516	462
Median age	51.5 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,167	$53,750
Median home value	$145,200	$84,300
Housing units	304	317
Homeownership rate	73.0%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellerslie	Mount Savage
Population	390 → 516 (+32.3%)	747 → 462 (-38.2%)
Median household income	$43,929 → $34,167 (-22.2%)	$47,708 → $53,750 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $145,200 (+31.5%)	$88,000 → $84,300 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $850 (-11.5%)	$774 → $613 (-20.8%)

Ellerslie

Population

390516

Median household income

$43,929$34,167

Median home value

$110,400$145,200

Median gross rent

$960$850

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)

	Ellerslie	Mount Savage
Under 5	1.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.1%	7.6%
18 to 24	14.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	4.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	21.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	22.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	22.1%
75 and over	21.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellerslie	Mount Savage
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	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	6.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellerslie	Mount Savage
No high school diploma	19.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	52.3%	58.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellerslie	Mount Savage
Drove alone	93.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	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)

	Ellerslie	Mount Savage
1-unit, detached	96.1%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellerslie	Mount Savage
Poverty rate	17.2%	10.8%
Average household size	1.86	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1962	1938