Essex vs Pikesville

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

Essex and Pikesville 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 34,253 in Pikesville). Pikesville has the higher median household income ($97,218 vs $67,082 in Essex). Pikesville has the higher median home value ($404,100 vs $253,500 in Essex).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Pikesville
Population	40,670	34,253
Median age	40.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,082	$97,218
Median home value	$253,500	$404,100
Median gross rent	$1,307	$1,646
Housing units	17,142	14,364
Homeownership rate	57.6%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Pikesville
Population	39,437 → 40,670 (+3.1%)	33,486 → 34,253 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$57,780 → $67,082 (+16.1%)	$86,655 → $97,218 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $253,500 (+32.4%)	$319,900 → $404,100 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,307 (+20.3%)	$1,435 → $1,646 (+14.7%)

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

Pikesville

Population

33,48634,253

Median household income

$86,655$97,218

Median home value

$319,900$404,100

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Pikesville
Under 5	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.6%
75 and over	6.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Pikesville
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	70.7%
Black or African American	33.1%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Pikesville
No high school diploma	14.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	39.6%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Pikesville
Drove alone	71.7%	64.3%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.5%
Public transit	6.3%	2.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	21.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Pikesville
1-unit, detached	38.9%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	34.9%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	25.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Pikesville
Poverty rate	12.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1964	1974