Overlea vs Timonium

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

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

Overlea has the higher population (12,430 vs 10,880 in Timonium). Timonium has the higher median household income ($130,732 vs $86,296 in Overlea). Timonium has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $249,500 in Overlea).

Population, income & housing

	Overlea	Timonium
Population	12,430	10,880
Median age	42.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,296	$130,732
Median home value	$249,500	$478,800
Median gross rent	$1,315	$1,790
Housing units	5,601	4,267
Homeownership rate	74.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Overlea	Timonium
Population	12,195 → 12,430 (+1.9%)	10,557 → 10,880 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$64,868 → $86,296 (+33.0%)	$97,055 → $130,732 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $249,500 (+23.9%)	$380,700 → $478,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,315 (+6.7%)	$1,366 → $1,790 (+31.0%)

Overlea

Population

12,19512,430

Median household income

$64,868$86,296

Median home value

$201,400$249,500

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,315

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)

	Overlea	Timonium
Under 5	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.2%
75 and over	7.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Overlea	Timonium
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	76.9%
Black or African American	25.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Overlea	Timonium
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Overlea	Timonium
Drove alone	74.5%	69.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.3%	22.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Overlea	Timonium
1-unit, detached	54.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	21.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	9.1%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Overlea	Timonium
Poverty rate	8.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1958	1963