Catonsville vs Dundalk

A side-by-side comparison of Catonsville and Dundalk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dundalk has the higher population (65,441 vs 42,717 in Catonsville). Catonsville has the higher median household income ($110,051 vs $62,349 in Dundalk). Catonsville has the higher median home value ($405,800 vs $199,600 in Dundalk).

Population, income & housing

	Catonsville	Dundalk
Population	42,717	65,441
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,051	$62,349
Median home value	$405,800	$199,600
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,412
Housing units	16,755	27,029
Homeownership rate	69.3%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catonsville	Dundalk
Population	41,547 → 42,717 (+2.8%)	63,015 → 65,441 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$89,219 → $110,051 (+23.3%)	$55,757 → $62,349 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$327,900 → $405,800 (+23.8%)	$149,800 → $199,600 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,697 (+16.1%)	$1,141 → $1,412 (+23.8%)

Catonsville

Population

41,54742,717

Median household income

$89,219$110,051

Median home value

$327,900$405,800

Median gross rent

$1,462$1,697

Dundalk

Population

63,01565,441

Median household income

$55,757$62,349

Median home value

$149,800$199,600

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catonsville	Dundalk
Under 5	4.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	14.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.7%
75 and over	10.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catonsville	Dundalk
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	61.0%
Black or African American	18.1%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	9.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catonsville	Dundalk
No high school diploma	7.3%	15.5%
High school graduate	17.1%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catonsville	Dundalk
Drove alone	68.8%	75.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.6%
Public transit	1.8%	4.2%
Walked	4.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.0%	7.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catonsville	Dundalk
1-unit, detached	49.7%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	46.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	7.2%
20 or more units	11.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Catonsville	Dundalk
Poverty rate	6.9%	19.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1964	1955