Dundalk vs Essex

A side-by-side comparison of Dundalk and Essex: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dundalk has the higher population (65,441 vs 40,670 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($67,082 vs $62,349 in Dundalk). Essex has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $199,600 in Dundalk).

Population, income & housing

	Dundalk	Essex
Population	65,441	40,670
Median age	37.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,349	$67,082
Median home value	$199,600	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,307
Housing units	27,029	17,142
Homeownership rate	63.4%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dundalk	Essex
Population	63,015 → 65,441 (+3.8%)	39,437 → 40,670 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$55,757 → $62,349 (+11.8%)	$57,780 → $67,082 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$149,800 → $199,600 (+33.2%)	$191,400 → $253,500 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,412 (+23.8%)	$1,086 → $1,307 (+20.3%)

Dundalk

Population

63,01565,441

Median household income

$55,757$62,349

Median home value

$149,800$199,600

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,412

Essex

Population

39,43740,670

Median household income

$57,780$67,082

Median home value

$191,400$253,500

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dundalk	Essex
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.9%
75 and over	6.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dundalk	Essex
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	53.0%
Black or African American	17.3%	33.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dundalk	Essex
No high school diploma	15.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	41.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dundalk	Essex
Drove alone	75.1%	71.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.9%
Public transit	4.2%	6.3%
Walked	1.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.6%
Other means	1.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dundalk	Essex
1-unit, detached	36.6%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	46.0%	34.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	14.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Dundalk	Essex
Poverty rate	19.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1955	1964