Cape St. Claire vs Edgewater

A side-by-side comparison of Cape St. Claire and Edgewater: population, income, housing, and more.

Cape St. Claire and Edgewater are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cape St. Claire has the higher population (9,016 vs 8,297 in Edgewater). Cape St. Claire has the higher median household income ($136,064 vs $111,000 in Edgewater). Cape St. Claire has the higher median home value ($475,700 vs $428,500 in Edgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Cape St. Claire	Edgewater
Population	9,016	8,297
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$136,064	$111,000
Median home value	$475,700	$428,500
Median gross rent	$1,868	$2,230
Housing units	3,416	3,905
Homeownership rate	88.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape St. Claire	Edgewater
Population	8,729 → 9,016 (+3.3%)	9,112 → 8,297 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$111,313 → $136,064 (+22.2%)	$89,349 → $111,000 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$381,800 → $475,700 (+24.6%)	$344,900 → $428,500 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,564 → $1,868 (+19.4%)	$1,755 → $2,230 (+27.1%)

Cape St. Claire

Population

8,7299,016

Median household income

$111,313$136,064

Median home value

$381,800$475,700

Median gross rent

$1,564$1,868

Edgewater

Population

9,1128,297

Median household income

$89,349$111,000

Median home value

$344,900$428,500

Median gross rent

$1,755$2,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Edgewater
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.8%
75 and over	4.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Edgewater
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	81.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape St. Claire	Edgewater
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	17.7%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Edgewater
Drove alone	71.5%	72.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	16.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Edgewater
1-unit, detached	79.9%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	18.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape St. Claire	Edgewater
Poverty rate	3.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1978	1978