Cockeysville vs Reisterstown

A side-by-side comparison of Cockeysville and Reisterstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Reisterstown has the higher population (27,764 vs 23,265 in Cockeysville). Cockeysville has the higher median household income ($85,422 vs $79,812 in Reisterstown). Cockeysville has the higher median home value ($392,000 vs $332,300 in Reisterstown).

Population, income & housing

	Cockeysville	Reisterstown
Population	23,265	27,764
Median age	34.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,422	$79,812
Median home value	$392,000	$332,300
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,599
Housing units	10,965	11,153
Homeownership rate	34.7%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cockeysville	Reisterstown
Population	21,038 → 23,265 (+10.6%)	27,007 → 27,764 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$65,420 → $85,422 (+30.6%)	$70,507 → $79,812 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$333,000 → $392,000 (+17.7%)	$240,000 → $332,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,221 → $1,553 (+27.2%)	$1,331 → $1,599 (+20.1%)

Cockeysville

Population

21,03823,265

Median household income

$65,420$85,422

Median home value

$333,000$392,000

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,553

Reisterstown

Population

27,00727,764

Median household income

$70,507$79,812

Median home value

$240,000$332,300

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cockeysville	Reisterstown
Under 5	4.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	23.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.3%
75 and over	6.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cockeysville	Reisterstown
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	39.8%
Black or African American	19.2%	39.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cockeysville	Reisterstown
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	21.3%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cockeysville	Reisterstown
Drove alone	73.4%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.6%
Public transit	1.3%	3.2%
Walked	2.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	14.7%
Other means	2.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cockeysville	Reisterstown
1-unit, detached	21.6%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	18.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	52.9%	25.2%
20 or more units	8.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cockeysville	Reisterstown
Poverty rate	14.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1978	1980