Middle River vs Owings Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Middle River and Owings Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Middle River and Owings Mills are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Owings Mills has the higher population (35,626 vs 31,616 in Middle River). Owings Mills has the higher median household income ($94,046 vs $74,198 in Middle River). Owings Mills has the higher median home value ($335,000 vs $251,200 in Middle River).

Population, income & housing

	Middle River	Owings Mills
Population	31,616	35,626
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,198	$94,046
Median home value	$251,200	$335,000
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,815
Housing units	13,199	15,515
Homeownership rate	65.2%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle River	Owings Mills
Population	25,129 → 31,616 (+25.8%)	35,081 → 35,626 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$57,621 → $74,198 (+28.8%)	$81,569 → $94,046 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $251,200 (+49.3%)	$260,700 → $335,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,639 (+34.1%)	$1,551 → $1,815 (+17.0%)

Middle River

Population

25,12931,616

Median household income

$57,621$74,198

Median home value

$168,300$251,200

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,639

Owings Mills

Population

35,08135,626

Median household income

$81,569$94,046

Median home value

$260,700$335,000

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middle River	Owings Mills
Under 5	8.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	19.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.0%
75 and over	4.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle River	Owings Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	18.6%
Black or African American	30.0%	60.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle River	Owings Mills
No high school diploma	12.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.4%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle River	Owings Mills
Drove alone	71.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.2%
Public transit	3.0%	4.5%
Walked	1.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	16.4%
Other means	2.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle River	Owings Mills
1-unit, detached	40.8%	19.3%
1-unit, attached	30.9%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	37.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middle River	Owings Mills
Poverty rate	16.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1982	1995