Catonsville vs Towson

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

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

Towson has the higher population (57,683 vs 42,717 in Catonsville). Catonsville has the higher median household income ($110,051 vs $100,481 in Towson). Towson has the higher median home value ($445,100 vs $405,800 in Catonsville).

Population, income & housing

	Catonsville	Towson
Population	42,717	57,683
Median age	39.8 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,051	$100,481
Median home value	$405,800	$445,100
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,784
Housing units	16,755	24,304
Homeownership rate	69.3%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catonsville	Towson
Population	41,547 → 42,717 (+2.8%)	57,817 → 57,683 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$89,219 → $110,051 (+23.3%)	$88,786 → $100,481 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$327,900 → $405,800 (+23.8%)	$363,800 → $445,100 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,697 (+16.1%)	$1,438 → $1,784 (+24.1%)

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

Towson

Population

57,81757,683

Median household income

$88,786$100,481

Median home value

$363,800$445,100

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catonsville	Towson
Under 5	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	14.4%	21.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.5%
75 and over	10.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catonsville	Towson
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	67.5%
Black or African American	18.1%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catonsville	Towson
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	17.1%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	33.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catonsville	Towson
Drove alone	68.8%	64.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.3%
Public transit	1.8%	2.0%
Walked	4.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.0%	20.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catonsville	Towson
1-unit, detached	49.7%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	17.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Catonsville	Towson
Poverty rate	6.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1964	1965