Dundalk vs Towson

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

Dundalk and Towson 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 57,683 in Towson). Towson has the higher median household income ($100,481 vs $62,349 in Dundalk). Towson has the higher median home value ($445,100 vs $199,600 in Dundalk).

Population, income & housing

	Dundalk	Towson
Population	65,441	57,683
Median age	37.4 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,349	$100,481
Median home value	$199,600	$445,100
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,784
Housing units	27,029	24,304
Homeownership rate	63.4%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dundalk	Towson
Population	63,015 → 65,441 (+3.8%)	57,817 → 57,683 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$55,757 → $62,349 (+11.8%)	$88,786 → $100,481 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$149,800 → $199,600 (+33.2%)	$363,800 → $445,100 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,412 (+23.8%)	$1,438 → $1,784 (+24.1%)

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

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)

	Dundalk	Towson
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	21.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dundalk	Towson
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	67.5%
Black or African American	17.3%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dundalk	Towson
No high school diploma	15.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	41.0%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	33.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dundalk	Towson
Drove alone	75.1%	64.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.3%
Public transit	4.2%	2.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	20.8%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dundalk	Towson
1-unit, detached	36.6%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	46.0%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	17.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dundalk	Towson
Poverty rate	19.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1955	1965