Mays Chapel vs Rossville

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

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

Mays Chapel has the higher population (15,616 vs 15,088 in Rossville). Mays Chapel has the higher median household income ($118,462 vs $91,469 in Rossville). Mays Chapel has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $296,600 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Mays Chapel	Rossville
Population	15,616	15,088
Median age	48.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,462	$91,469
Median home value	$447,300	$296,600
Median gross rent	$1,768	$1,465
Housing units	7,072	6,913
Homeownership rate	81.4%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mays Chapel	Rossville
Population	12,253 → 15,616 (+27.4%)	15,127 → 15,088 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$108,297 → $118,462 (+9.4%)	$66,522 → $91,469 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$395,300 → $447,300 (+13.2%)	$221,400 → $296,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,547 → $1,768 (+14.3%)	$1,233 → $1,465 (+18.8%)

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

Rossville

Population

15,12715,088

Median household income

$66,522$91,469

Median home value

$221,400$296,600

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,465

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mays Chapel	Rossville
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	19.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.5%	10.7%
75 and over	13.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mays Chapel	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	37.3%
Black or African American	3.0%	44.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	10.0%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mays Chapel	Rossville
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	10.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mays Chapel	Rossville
Drove alone	73.3%	67.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.7%	3.7%
Walked	0.3%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	7.4%
Other means	1.4%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mays Chapel	Rossville
1-unit, detached	32.1%	28.5%
1-unit, attached	26.8%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	30.0%	39.8%
20 or more units	10.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mays Chapel	Rossville
Poverty rate	2.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1988	1990