Catonsville vs Owings Mills

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

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

Catonsville has the higher population (42,717 vs 35,626 in Owings Mills). Catonsville has the higher median household income ($110,051 vs $94,046 in Owings Mills). Catonsville has the higher median home value ($405,800 vs $335,000 in Owings Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Catonsville	Owings Mills
Population	42,717	35,626
Median age	39.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,051	$94,046
Median home value	$405,800	$335,000
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,815
Housing units	16,755	15,515
Homeownership rate	69.3%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catonsville	Owings Mills
Population	41,547 → 42,717 (+2.8%)	35,081 → 35,626 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$89,219 → $110,051 (+23.3%)	$81,569 → $94,046 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$327,900 → $405,800 (+23.8%)	$260,700 → $335,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,697 (+16.1%)	$1,551 → $1,815 (+17.0%)

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

Owings Mills

Population

35,08135,626

Median household income

$81,569$94,046

Median home value

$260,700$335,000

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catonsville	Owings Mills
Under 5	4.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	14.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	19.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.0%
75 and over	10.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catonsville	Owings Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	18.6%
Black or African American	18.1%	60.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.1%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catonsville	Owings Mills
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	17.1%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catonsville	Owings Mills
Drove alone	68.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.2%
Public transit	1.8%	4.5%
Walked	4.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	16.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catonsville	Owings Mills
1-unit, detached	49.7%	19.3%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	37.6%
20 or more units	11.6%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Catonsville	Owings Mills
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1964	1995