Cape St. Claire vs Linthicum

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

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

Linthicum has the higher population (10,545 vs 9,016 in Cape St. Claire). Cape St. Claire has the higher median household income ($136,064 vs $122,424 in Linthicum). Cape St. Claire has the higher median home value ($475,700 vs $368,800 in Linthicum).

Population, income & housing

	Cape St. Claire	Linthicum
Population	9,016	10,545
Median age	40.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$136,064	$122,424
Median home value	$475,700	$368,800
Median gross rent	$1,868	$1,901
Housing units	3,416	4,412
Homeownership rate	88.0%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape St. Claire	Linthicum
Population	8,729 → 9,016 (+3.3%)	10,442 → 10,545 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$111,313 → $136,064 (+22.2%)	$96,875 → $122,424 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$381,800 → $475,700 (+24.6%)	$305,600 → $368,800 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,564 → $1,868 (+19.4%)	$1,529 → $1,901 (+24.3%)

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

Linthicum

Population

10,44210,545

Median household income

$96,875$122,424

Median home value

$305,600$368,800

Median gross rent

$1,529$1,901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Linthicum
Under 5	6.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.0%
75 and over	4.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Linthicum
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	79.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape St. Claire	Linthicum
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	17.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Linthicum
Drove alone	71.5%	76.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	15.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape St. Claire	Linthicum
1-unit, detached	79.9%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape St. Claire	Linthicum
Poverty rate	3.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1978	1959