Baltimore Highlands vs Edgemere

A side-by-side comparison of Baltimore Highlands and Edgemere: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgemere has the higher population (8,778 vs 8,564 in Baltimore Highlands). Edgemere has the higher median household income ($109,734 vs $64,284 in Baltimore Highlands). Edgemere has the higher median home value ($352,100 vs $258,000 in Baltimore Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Baltimore Highlands	Edgemere
Population	8,564	8,778
Median age	33.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,284	$109,734
Median home value	$258,000	$352,100
Median gross rent	$1,352	$1,336
Housing units	3,134	3,835
Homeownership rate	52.9%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baltimore Highlands	Edgemere
Population	7,944 → 8,564 (+7.8%)	8,526 → 8,778 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$56,637 → $64,284 (+13.5%)	$80,307 → $109,734 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $258,000 (+34.2%)	$290,200 → $352,100 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,116 → $1,352 (+21.1%)	$1,333 → $1,336 (+0.2%)

Baltimore Highlands

Population

7,9448,564

Median household income

$56,637$64,284

Median home value

$192,300$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,352

Edgemere

Population

8,5268,778

Median household income

$80,307$109,734

Median home value

$290,200$352,100

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,336

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Edgemere
Under 5	9.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	18.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.6%
75 and over	3.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Edgemere
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	26.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baltimore Highlands	Edgemere
No high school diploma	26.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	33.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Edgemere
Drove alone	68.2%	77.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.9%
Public transit	13.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	11.3%
Other means	2.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Edgemere
1-unit, detached	43.6%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	44.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.1%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Baltimore Highlands	Edgemere
Poverty rate	22.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1961	1963