Catonsville vs Pikesville

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

Catonsville and Pikesville 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 34,253 in Pikesville). Catonsville has the higher median household income ($110,051 vs $97,218 in Pikesville). Catonsville has the higher median home value ($405,800 vs $404,100 in Pikesville).

Population, income & housing

	Catonsville	Pikesville
Population	42,717	34,253
Median age	39.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$110,051	$97,218
Median home value	$405,800	$404,100
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,646
Housing units	16,755	14,364
Homeownership rate	69.3%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catonsville	Pikesville
Population	41,547 → 42,717 (+2.8%)	33,486 → 34,253 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$89,219 → $110,051 (+23.3%)	$86,655 → $97,218 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$327,900 → $405,800 (+23.8%)	$319,900 → $404,100 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,697 (+16.1%)	$1,435 → $1,646 (+14.7%)

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

Pikesville

Population

33,48634,253

Median household income

$86,655$97,218

Median home value

$319,900$404,100

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catonsville	Pikesville
Under 5	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	14.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.6%
75 and over	10.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catonsville	Pikesville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	70.7%
Black or African American	18.1%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.1%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catonsville	Pikesville
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	17.1%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catonsville	Pikesville
Drove alone	68.8%	64.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.5%
Public transit	1.8%	2.3%
Walked	4.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	21.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catonsville	Pikesville
1-unit, detached	49.7%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	25.9%
20 or more units	11.6%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Catonsville	Pikesville
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1964	1974