Edgewater vs Fort Meade

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

Edgewater 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 8,297 in Edgewater). Edgewater has the higher median household income ($111,000 vs $102,886 in Fort Meade). Since 2019, Fort Meade's population has grown faster (-3.6% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Fort Meade
Population	8,297	10,477
Median age	41.3 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$111,000	$102,886
Median home value	$428,500	—
Median gross rent	$2,230	$2,380
Housing units	3,905	3,536
Homeownership rate	85.6%	0.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Fort Meade
Population	9,112 → 8,297 (-8.9%)	10,873 → 10,477 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$89,349 → $111,000 (+24.2%)	$77,412 → $102,886 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$344,900 → $428,500 (+24.2%)	$421,600 → $416,700 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,755 → $2,230 (+27.1%)	$2,177 → $2,380 (+9.3%)

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

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)

	Edgewater	Fort Meade
Under 5	4.1%	11.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	14.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	22.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	3.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	2.3%
75 and over	9.5%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Fort Meade
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	38.2%
Black or African American	6.0%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Fort Meade
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	28.9%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Fort Meade
Drove alone	72.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.7%
Public transit	0.2%	2.6%
Walked	3.3%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Fort Meade
1-unit, detached	76.9%	16.2%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	62.3%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	8.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Fort Meade
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.39	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	34	18
Median year structure built	1978	1997