Edgewater vs Linthicum

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

Edgewater 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 8,297 in Edgewater). Linthicum has the higher median household income ($122,424 vs $111,000 in Edgewater). Edgewater has the higher median home value ($428,500 vs $368,800 in Linthicum).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Linthicum
Population	8,297	10,545
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,000	$122,424
Median home value	$428,500	$368,800
Median gross rent	$2,230	$1,901
Housing units	3,905	4,412
Homeownership rate	85.6%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Linthicum
Population	9,112 → 8,297 (-8.9%)	10,442 → 10,545 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$89,349 → $111,000 (+24.2%)	$96,875 → $122,424 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$344,900 → $428,500 (+24.2%)	$305,600 → $368,800 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,755 → $2,230 (+27.1%)	$1,529 → $1,901 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Edgewater	Linthicum
Under 5	4.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.0%
75 and over	9.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Linthicum
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	79.3%
Black or African American	6.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Linthicum
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Linthicum
Drove alone	72.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	3.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Linthicum
1-unit, detached	76.9%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Linthicum
Poverty rate	3.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1978	1959