Fort Meade vs Jessup

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

Fort Meade and Jessup 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 9,147 in Jessup). Jessup has the higher median household income ($122,574 vs $102,886 in Fort Meade).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Meade	Jessup
Population	10,477	9,147
Median age	27.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$102,886	$122,574
Median home value	—	$437,300
Median gross rent	$2,380	$2,056
Housing units	3,536	1,587
Homeownership rate	0.8%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Meade	Jessup
Population	10,873 → 10,477 (-3.6%)	9,509 → 9,147 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$77,412 → $102,886 (+32.9%)	$105,813 → $122,574 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$421,600 → $416,700 (-1.2%)	$365,500 → $437,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,177 → $2,380 (+9.3%)	$1,708 → $2,056 (+20.4%)

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

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)

	Fort Meade	Jessup
Under 5	11.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	4.6%
18 to 24	14.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	22.9%	27.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	20.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	3.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	2.3%	3.8%
75 and over	0.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Meade	Jessup
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	26.9%
Black or African American	24.1%	59.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	8.1%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	12.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Meade	Jessup
No high school diploma	5.1%	20.8%
High school graduate	8.6%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Meade	Jessup
Drove alone	76.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.4%
Public transit	2.6%	6.7%
Walked	6.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Meade	Jessup
1-unit, detached	16.2%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	62.3%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	19.7%
20 or more units	6.4%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Meade	Jessup
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.0%
Average household size	3.16	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1997	2005