Cape St. Claire vs Jessup

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

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

Jessup has the higher population (9,147 vs 9,016 in Cape St. Claire). Cape St. Claire has the higher median household income ($136,064 vs $122,574 in Jessup). Cape St. Claire has the higher median home value ($475,700 vs $437,300 in Jessup).

Population, income & housing

	Cape St. Claire	Jessup
Population	9,016	9,147
Median age	40.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$136,064	$122,574
Median home value	$475,700	$437,300
Median gross rent	$1,868	$2,056
Housing units	3,416	1,587
Homeownership rate	88.0%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape St. Claire	Jessup
Population	8,729 → 9,016 (+3.3%)	9,509 → 9,147 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$111,313 → $136,064 (+22.2%)	$105,813 → $122,574 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$381,800 → $475,700 (+24.6%)	$365,500 → $437,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,564 → $1,868 (+19.4%)	$1,708 → $2,056 (+20.4%)

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

Jessup

Population

9,5099,147

Median household income

$105,813$122,574

Median home value

$365,500$437,300

Median gross rent

$1,708$2,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Jessup
Under 5	6.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	4.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	27.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	20.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	3.8%
75 and over	4.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Jessup
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	26.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	59.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape St. Claire	Jessup
No high school diploma	2.6%	20.8%
High school graduate	17.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Jessup
Drove alone	71.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.4%	6.7%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	7.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Jessup
1-unit, detached	79.9%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	19.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cape St. Claire	Jessup
Poverty rate	3.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1978	2005