Catonsville vs Randallstown

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

Catonsville and Randallstown 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 35,975 in Randallstown). Catonsville has the higher median household income ($110,051 vs $88,544 in Randallstown). Catonsville has the higher median home value ($405,800 vs $306,000 in Randallstown).

Population, income & housing

	Catonsville	Randallstown
Population	42,717	35,975
Median age	39.8 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$110,051	$88,544
Median home value	$405,800	$306,000
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,537
Housing units	16,755	14,177
Homeownership rate	69.3%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catonsville	Randallstown
Population	41,547 → 42,717 (+2.8%)	35,528 → 35,975 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$89,219 → $110,051 (+23.3%)	$83,549 → $88,544 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$327,900 → $405,800 (+23.8%)	$242,600 → $306,000 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,697 (+16.1%)	$1,221 → $1,537 (+25.9%)

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

Randallstown

Population

35,52835,975

Median household income

$83,549$88,544

Median home value

$242,600$306,000

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catonsville	Randallstown
Under 5	4.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	14.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.5%
75 and over	10.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catonsville	Randallstown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	11.3%
Black or African American	18.1%	77.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catonsville	Randallstown
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	17.1%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catonsville	Randallstown
Drove alone	68.8%	71.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.7%
Public transit	1.8%	6.6%
Walked	4.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	12.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catonsville	Randallstown
1-unit, detached	49.7%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	15.4%
20 or more units	11.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Catonsville	Randallstown
Poverty rate	6.9%	9.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1964	1976