Mays Chapel vs White Marsh

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

Mays Chapel and White Marsh 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 10,480 in White Marsh). White Marsh has the higher median household income ($123,302 vs $118,462 in Mays Chapel). Mays Chapel has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $370,100 in White Marsh).

Population, income & housing

	Mays Chapel	White Marsh
Population	15,616	10,480
Median age	48.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,462	$123,302
Median home value	$447,300	$370,100
Median gross rent	$1,768	$1,847
Housing units	7,072	4,253
Homeownership rate	81.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mays Chapel	White Marsh
Population	12,253 → 15,616 (+27.4%)	9,216 → 10,480 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$108,297 → $118,462 (+9.4%)	$92,420 → $123,302 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$395,300 → $447,300 (+13.2%)	$282,100 → $370,100 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,547 → $1,768 (+14.3%)	$1,414 → $1,847 (+30.6%)

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

White Marsh

Population

9,21610,480

Median household income

$92,420$123,302

Median home value

$282,100$370,100

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mays Chapel	White Marsh
Under 5	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	11.5%
75 and over	13.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mays Chapel	White Marsh
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	59.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	10.0%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mays Chapel	White Marsh
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	10.9%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mays Chapel	White Marsh
Drove alone	73.3%	69.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	20.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mays Chapel	White Marsh
1-unit, detached	32.1%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	26.8%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	10.6%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mays Chapel	White Marsh
Poverty rate	2.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1988	1985