Parkville vs Pikesville

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

Parkville 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 30,423 in Parkville). Pikesville has the higher median household income ($97,218 vs $78,405 in Parkville). Pikesville has the higher median home value ($404,100 vs $251,100 in Parkville).

Population, income & housing

	Parkville	Pikesville
Population	30,423	34,253
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,405	$97,218
Median home value	$251,100	$404,100
Median gross rent	$1,471	$1,646
Housing units	13,659	14,364
Homeownership rate	63.1%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkville	Pikesville
Population	31,451 → 30,423 (-3.3%)	33,486 → 34,253 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$66,363 → $78,405 (+18.1%)	$86,655 → $97,218 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$202,400 → $251,100 (+24.1%)	$319,900 → $404,100 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,471 (+19.4%)	$1,435 → $1,646 (+14.7%)

Parkville

Population

31,45130,423

Median household income

$66,363$78,405

Median home value

$202,400$251,100

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,471

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)

	Parkville	Pikesville
Under 5	6.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.6%
75 and over	5.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkville	Pikesville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	70.7%
Black or African American	36.7%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkville	Pikesville
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	27.4%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkville	Pikesville
Drove alone	75.9%	64.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.5%
Public transit	3.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	21.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkville	Pikesville
1-unit, detached	42.3%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	25.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Parkville	Pikesville
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1957	1974