Annapolis vs Crofton

A side-by-side comparison of Annapolis and Crofton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Annapolis has the higher population (40,744 vs 29,878 in Crofton). Crofton has the higher median household income ($147,250 vs $104,257 in Annapolis). Annapolis has the higher median home value ($510,200 vs $507,000 in Crofton).

Population, income & housing

	Annapolis	Crofton
Population	40,744	29,878
Median age	40.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,257	$147,250
Median home value	$510,200	$507,000
Median gross rent	$1,855	$2,193
Housing units	19,186	10,898
Homeownership rate	59.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Annapolis	Crofton
Population	39,278 → 40,744 (+3.7%)	29,136 → 29,878 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$85,636 → $104,257 (+21.7%)	$123,858 → $147,250 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$420,500 → $510,200 (+21.3%)	$387,400 → $507,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $1,855 (+17.2%)	$1,928 → $2,193 (+13.7%)

Annapolis

Population

39,27840,744

Median household income

$85,636$104,257

Median home value

$420,500$510,200

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,855

Crofton

Population

29,13629,878

Median household income

$123,858$147,250

Median home value

$387,400$507,000

Median gross rent

$1,928$2,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Annapolis	Crofton
Under 5	6.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.2%
75 and over	8.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Annapolis	Crofton
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	59.2%
Black or African American	18.5%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Annapolis	Crofton
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	13.8%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Annapolis	Crofton
Drove alone	64.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.8%
Public transit	4.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	19.5%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Annapolis	Crofton
1-unit, detached	39.2%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	24.2%	45.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	10.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Annapolis	Crofton
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1974	1988