Mays Chapel vs Rosedale

A side-by-side comparison of Mays Chapel and Rosedale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosedale has the higher population (20,845 vs 15,616 in Mays Chapel). Mays Chapel has the higher median household income ($118,462 vs $83,957 in Rosedale). Mays Chapel has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $264,900 in Rosedale).

Population, income & housing

	Mays Chapel	Rosedale
Population	15,616	20,845
Median age	48.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$118,462	$83,957
Median home value	$447,300	$264,900
Median gross rent	$1,768	$1,392
Housing units	7,072	8,070
Homeownership rate	81.4%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mays Chapel	Rosedale
Population	12,253 → 15,616 (+27.4%)	19,842 → 20,845 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$108,297 → $118,462 (+9.4%)	$73,047 → $83,957 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$395,300 → $447,300 (+13.2%)	$205,700 → $264,900 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,547 → $1,768 (+14.3%)	$1,194 → $1,392 (+16.6%)

Mays Chapel

Population

12,25315,616

Median household income

$108,297$118,462

Median home value

$395,300$447,300

Median gross rent

$1,547$1,768

Rosedale

Population

19,84220,845

Median household income

$73,047$83,957

Median home value

$205,700$264,900

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mays Chapel	Rosedale
Under 5	4.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	16.5%	11.0%
75 and over	13.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mays Chapel	Rosedale
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	40.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	39.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	10.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mays Chapel	Rosedale
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	10.9%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mays Chapel	Rosedale
Drove alone	73.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.7%	4.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	10.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mays Chapel	Rosedale
1-unit, detached	32.1%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	26.8%	18.3%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	30.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	10.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Mays Chapel	Rosedale
Poverty rate	2.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1988	1963