Mays Chapel vs Timonium

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

Mays Chapel and Timonium 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 10,880 in Timonium). Timonium has the higher median household income ($130,732 vs $118,462 in Mays Chapel). Timonium has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $447,300 in Mays Chapel).

Population, income & housing

	Mays Chapel	Timonium
Population	15,616	10,880
Median age	48.8 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$118,462	$130,732
Median home value	$447,300	$478,800
Median gross rent	$1,768	$1,790
Housing units	7,072	4,267
Homeownership rate	81.4%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mays Chapel	Timonium
Population	12,253 → 15,616 (+27.4%)	10,557 → 10,880 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$108,297 → $118,462 (+9.4%)	$97,055 → $130,732 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$395,300 → $447,300 (+13.2%)	$380,700 → $478,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,547 → $1,768 (+14.3%)	$1,366 → $1,790 (+31.0%)

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

Timonium

Population

10,55710,880

Median household income

$97,055$130,732

Median home value

$380,700$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mays Chapel	Timonium
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.2%
75 and over	13.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mays Chapel	Timonium
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	76.9%
Black or African American	3.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mays Chapel	Timonium
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	10.9%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mays Chapel	Timonium
Drove alone	73.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.3%	22.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mays Chapel	Timonium
1-unit, detached	32.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	26.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	30.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	10.6%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mays Chapel	Timonium
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1988	1963