Edgewater vs Mayo

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

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

Mayo has the higher population (8,322 vs 8,297 in Edgewater). Mayo has the higher median household income ($146,206 vs $111,000 in Edgewater). Mayo has the higher median home value ($583,300 vs $428,500 in Edgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Mayo
Population	8,297	8,322
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$111,000	$146,206
Median home value	$428,500	$583,300
Median gross rent	$2,230	$2,323
Housing units	3,905	3,230
Homeownership rate	85.6%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Mayo
Population	9,112 → 8,297 (-8.9%)	8,031 → 8,322 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$89,349 → $111,000 (+24.2%)	$123,750 → $146,206 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$344,900 → $428,500 (+24.2%)	$459,700 → $583,300 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,755 → $2,230 (+27.1%)	$1,659 → $2,323 (+40.0%)

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

Mayo

Population

8,0318,322

Median household income

$123,750$146,206

Median home value

$459,700$583,300

Median gross rent

$1,659$2,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	Mayo
Under 5	4.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.8%
75 and over	9.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Mayo
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Mayo
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	28.9%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Mayo
Drove alone	72.9%	67.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Mayo
1-unit, detached	76.9%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Mayo
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1978	1990