Carney vs Cockeysville

A side-by-side comparison of Carney and Cockeysville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carney has the higher population (28,624 vs 23,265 in Cockeysville). Cockeysville has the higher median household income ($85,422 vs $84,619 in Carney). Cockeysville has the higher median home value ($392,000 vs $299,200 in Carney).

Population, income & housing

	Carney	Cockeysville
Population	28,624	23,265
Median age	39.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,619	$85,422
Median home value	$299,200	$392,000
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,553
Housing units	13,162	10,965
Homeownership rate	60.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carney	Cockeysville
Population	30,289 → 28,624 (-5.5%)	21,038 → 23,265 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$66,776 → $84,619 (+26.7%)	$65,420 → $85,422 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$244,600 → $299,200 (+22.3%)	$333,000 → $392,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,464 → $1,786 (+22.0%)	$1,221 → $1,553 (+27.2%)

Carney

Population

30,28928,624

Median household income

$66,776$84,619

Median home value

$244,600$299,200

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,786

Cockeysville

Population

21,03823,265

Median household income

$65,420$85,422

Median home value

$333,000$392,000

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carney	Cockeysville
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	23.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.3%
75 and over	13.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carney	Cockeysville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	51.0%
Black or African American	18.4%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	9.4%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carney	Cockeysville
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	24.0%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carney	Cockeysville
Drove alone	78.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.6%	1.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	13.6%
Other means	1.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carney	Cockeysville
1-unit, detached	38.7%	21.6%
1-unit, attached	24.0%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	52.9%
20 or more units	15.6%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carney	Cockeysville
Poverty rate	9.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1980	1978