Linthicum vs Mayo

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

Linthicum and Mayo 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 8,322 in Mayo). Mayo has the higher median household income ($146,206 vs $122,424 in Linthicum). Mayo has the higher median home value ($583,300 vs $368,800 in Linthicum).

Population, income & housing

	Linthicum	Mayo
Population	10,545	8,322
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$122,424	$146,206
Median home value	$368,800	$583,300
Median gross rent	$1,901	$2,323
Housing units	4,412	3,230
Homeownership rate	84.7%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linthicum	Mayo
Population	10,442 → 10,545 (+1.0%)	8,031 → 8,322 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$96,875 → $122,424 (+26.4%)	$123,750 → $146,206 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$305,600 → $368,800 (+20.7%)	$459,700 → $583,300 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,529 → $1,901 (+24.3%)	$1,659 → $2,323 (+40.0%)

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

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)

	Linthicum	Mayo
Under 5	7.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.8%
75 and over	7.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linthicum	Mayo
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linthicum	Mayo
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	21.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linthicum	Mayo
Drove alone	76.6%	67.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	27.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linthicum	Mayo
1-unit, detached	84.0%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Linthicum	Mayo
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1959	1990