Jessup vs Linthicum

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

Jessup 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 9,147 in Jessup). Jessup has the higher median household income ($122,574 vs $122,424 in Linthicum). Jessup has the higher median home value ($437,300 vs $368,800 in Linthicum).

Population, income & housing

	Jessup	Linthicum
Population	9,147	10,545
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$122,574	$122,424
Median home value	$437,300	$368,800
Median gross rent	$2,056	$1,901
Housing units	1,587	4,412
Homeownership rate	52.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jessup	Linthicum
Population	9,509 → 9,147 (-3.8%)	10,442 → 10,545 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$105,813 → $122,574 (+15.8%)	$96,875 → $122,424 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$365,500 → $437,300 (+19.6%)	$305,600 → $368,800 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,708 → $2,056 (+20.4%)	$1,529 → $1,901 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Jessup	Linthicum
Under 5	4.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	27.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	20.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	3.8%	11.0%
75 and over	1.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jessup	Linthicum
White (non-Hispanic)	26.9%	79.3%
Black or African American	59.9%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jessup	Linthicum
No high school diploma	20.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jessup	Linthicum
Drove alone	80.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.4%
Public transit	6.7%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jessup	Linthicum
1-unit, detached	48.5%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	14.1%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jessup	Linthicum
Poverty rate	8.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	2005	1959