Fort Meade vs Linthicum

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

Fort Meade 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 10,477 in Fort Meade). Linthicum has the higher median household income ($122,424 vs $102,886 in Fort Meade). Since 2019, Linthicum's population has grown faster (+1.0% vs -3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Meade	Linthicum
Population	10,477	10,545
Median age	27.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,886	$122,424
Median home value	—	$368,800
Median gross rent	$2,380	$1,901
Housing units	3,536	4,412
Homeownership rate	0.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Meade	Linthicum
Population	10,873 → 10,477 (-3.6%)	10,442 → 10,545 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$77,412 → $102,886 (+32.9%)	$96,875 → $122,424 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$421,600 → $416,700 (-1.2%)	$305,600 → $368,800 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,177 → $2,380 (+9.3%)	$1,529 → $1,901 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Fort Meade	Linthicum
Under 5	11.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	14.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	22.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	3.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	2.3%	11.0%
75 and over	0.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Meade	Linthicum
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	79.3%
Black or African American	24.1%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	12.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Meade	Linthicum
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	8.6%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Meade	Linthicum
Drove alone	76.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.4%
Public transit	2.6%	0.8%
Walked	6.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Meade	Linthicum
1-unit, detached	16.2%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	62.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Meade	Linthicum
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.9%
Average household size	3.16	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1997	1959