Cape St. Claire vs Fort Meade

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

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

Fort Meade has the higher population (10,477 vs 9,016 in Cape St. Claire). Cape St. Claire has the higher median household income ($136,064 vs $102,886 in Fort Meade). Since 2019, Cape St. Claire's population has grown faster (+3.3% vs -3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cape St. Claire	Fort Meade
Population	9,016	10,477
Median age	40.2 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$136,064	$102,886
Median home value	$475,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,868	$2,380
Housing units	3,416	3,536
Homeownership rate	88.0%	0.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape St. Claire	Fort Meade
Population	8,729 → 9,016 (+3.3%)	10,873 → 10,477 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$111,313 → $136,064 (+22.2%)	$77,412 → $102,886 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$381,800 → $475,700 (+24.6%)	$421,600 → $416,700 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,564 → $1,868 (+19.4%)	$2,177 → $2,380 (+9.3%)

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

Fort Meade

Population

10,87310,477

Median household income

$77,412$102,886

Median home value

$421,600$416,700

Median gross rent

$2,177$2,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Fort Meade
Under 5	6.5%	11.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	22.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	3.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	2.3%
75 and over	4.3%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Fort Meade
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	38.2%
Black or African American	4.0%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.0%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape St. Claire	Fort Meade
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	17.7%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Fort Meade
Drove alone	71.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	2.1%	2.7%
Public transit	0.4%	2.6%
Walked	1.3%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.9%	11.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Fort Meade
1-unit, detached	79.9%	16.2%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	62.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	8.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape St. Claire	Fort Meade
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.70	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1978	1997