Essex vs Owings Mills

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

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

Essex has the higher population (40,670 vs 35,626 in Owings Mills). Owings Mills has the higher median household income ($94,046 vs $67,082 in Essex). Owings Mills has the higher median home value ($335,000 vs $253,500 in Essex).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Owings Mills
Population	40,670	35,626
Median age	40.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,082	$94,046
Median home value	$253,500	$335,000
Median gross rent	$1,307	$1,815
Housing units	17,142	15,515
Homeownership rate	57.6%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Owings Mills
Population	39,437 → 40,670 (+3.1%)	35,081 → 35,626 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$57,780 → $67,082 (+16.1%)	$81,569 → $94,046 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $253,500 (+32.4%)	$260,700 → $335,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,307 (+20.3%)	$1,551 → $1,815 (+17.0%)

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

Owings Mills

Population

35,08135,626

Median household income

$81,569$94,046

Median home value

$260,700$335,000

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Owings Mills
Under 5	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	19.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.0%
75 and over	6.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Owings Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	18.6%
Black or African American	33.1%	60.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Owings Mills
No high school diploma	14.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Owings Mills
Drove alone	71.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.2%
Public transit	6.3%	4.5%
Walked	1.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	16.4%
Other means	2.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Owings Mills
1-unit, detached	38.9%	19.3%
1-unit, attached	34.9%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	37.6%
20 or more units	5.2%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Owings Mills
Poverty rate	12.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1964	1995