Middle River vs Pikesville

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

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

Pikesville has the higher population (34,253 vs 31,616 in Middle River). Pikesville has the higher median household income ($97,218 vs $74,198 in Middle River). Pikesville has the higher median home value ($404,100 vs $251,200 in Middle River).

Population, income & housing

	Middle River	Pikesville
Population	31,616	34,253
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,198	$97,218
Median home value	$251,200	$404,100
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,646
Housing units	13,199	14,364
Homeownership rate	65.2%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle River	Pikesville
Population	25,129 → 31,616 (+25.8%)	33,486 → 34,253 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$57,621 → $74,198 (+28.8%)	$86,655 → $97,218 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $251,200 (+49.3%)	$319,900 → $404,100 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,639 (+34.1%)	$1,435 → $1,646 (+14.7%)

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

Pikesville

Population

33,48634,253

Median household income

$86,655$97,218

Median home value

$319,900$404,100

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middle River	Pikesville
Under 5	8.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.6%
75 and over	4.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle River	Pikesville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	70.7%
Black or African American	30.0%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle River	Pikesville
No high school diploma	12.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle River	Pikesville
Drove alone	71.8%	64.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.5%
Public transit	3.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	21.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle River	Pikesville
1-unit, detached	40.8%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	30.9%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	25.9%
20 or more units	7.3%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Middle River	Pikesville
Poverty rate	16.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1982	1974