Edgemere vs Garrison

A side-by-side comparison of Edgemere and Garrison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garrison has the higher population (10,449 vs 8,778 in Edgemere). Edgemere has the higher median household income ($109,734 vs $96,916 in Garrison). Edgemere has the higher median home value ($352,100 vs $297,600 in Garrison).

Population, income & housing

	Edgemere	Garrison
Population	8,778	10,449
Median age	44.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,734	$96,916
Median home value	$352,100	$297,600
Median gross rent	$1,336	$2,019
Housing units	3,835	3,984
Homeownership rate	86.8%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgemere	Garrison
Population	8,526 → 8,778 (+3.0%)	8,309 → 10,449 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$80,307 → $109,734 (+36.6%)	$82,700 → $96,916 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$290,200 → $352,100 (+21.3%)	$254,500 → $297,600 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,336 (+0.2%)	$1,496 → $2,019 (+35.0%)

Edgemere

Population

8,5268,778

Median household income

$80,307$109,734

Median home value

$290,200$352,100

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,336

Garrison

Population

8,30910,449

Median household income

$82,700$96,916

Median home value

$254,500$297,600

Median gross rent

$1,496$2,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgemere	Garrison
Under 5	6.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	12.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.3%
75 and over	9.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgemere	Garrison
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	51.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgemere	Garrison
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	37.1%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgemere	Garrison
Drove alone	77.3%	63.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.8%	5.4%
Walked	2.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	17.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgemere	Garrison
1-unit, detached	85.3%	16.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	27.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	35.4%
20 or more units	3.3%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgemere	Garrison
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1963	1990