Edgewater vs Jessup

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

Edgewater 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 8,297 in Edgewater). Jessup has the higher median household income ($122,574 vs $111,000 in Edgewater). Jessup has the higher median home value ($437,300 vs $428,500 in Edgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Jessup
Population	8,297	9,147
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,000	$122,574
Median home value	$428,500	$437,300
Median gross rent	$2,230	$2,056
Housing units	3,905	1,587
Homeownership rate	85.6%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Jessup
Population	9,112 → 8,297 (-8.9%)	9,509 → 9,147 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$89,349 → $111,000 (+24.2%)	$105,813 → $122,574 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$344,900 → $428,500 (+24.2%)	$365,500 → $437,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,755 → $2,230 (+27.1%)	$1,708 → $2,056 (+20.4%)

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

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)

	Edgewater	Jessup
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	4.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	27.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	20.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	3.8%
75 and over	9.5%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Jessup
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	26.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	59.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Jessup
No high school diploma	6.0%	20.8%
High school graduate	28.9%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Jessup
Drove alone	72.9%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.2%	6.7%
Walked	3.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Jessup
1-unit, detached	76.9%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	19.7%
20 or more units	3.1%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Jessup
Poverty rate	3.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1978	2005