Crownsville vs Shady Side

A side-by-side comparison of Crownsville and Shady Side: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shady Side has the higher population (4,460 vs 1,701 in Crownsville). Crownsville has the higher median household income ($146,486 vs $138,346 in Shady Side). Crownsville has the higher median home value ($885,600 vs $446,800 in Shady Side).

Population, income & housing

	Crownsville	Shady Side
Population	1,701	4,460
Median age	54.5 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$146,486	$138,346
Median home value	$885,600	$446,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,204
Housing units	599	2,295
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crownsville	Shady Side
Population	1,530 → 1,701 (+11.2%)	5,423 → 4,460 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$90,400 → $146,486 (+62.0%)	$108,333 → $138,346 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$501,400 → $885,600 (+76.6%)	$321,600 → $446,800 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,929 → $2,204 (+14.3%)

Crownsville

Population

1,5301,701

Median household income

$90,400$146,486

Median home value

$501,400$885,600

Shady Side

Population

5,4234,460

Median household income

$108,333$138,346

Median home value

$321,600$446,800

Median gross rent

$1,929$2,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crownsville	Shady Side
Under 5	5.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.6%
75 and over	14.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crownsville	Shady Side
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crownsville	Shady Side
No high school diploma	6.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	16.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crownsville	Shady Side
Drove alone	74.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	12.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crownsville	Shady Side
1-unit, detached	92.3%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Crownsville	Shady Side
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1986	1980