Randallstown vs Towson

A side-by-side comparison of Randallstown and Towson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Towson has the higher population (57,683 vs 35,975 in Randallstown). Towson has the higher median household income ($100,481 vs $88,544 in Randallstown). Towson has the higher median home value ($445,100 vs $306,000 in Randallstown).

Population, income & housing

	Randallstown	Towson
Population	35,975	57,683
Median age	47.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,544	$100,481
Median home value	$306,000	$445,100
Median gross rent	$1,537	$1,784
Housing units	14,177	24,304
Homeownership rate	73.8%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Randallstown	Towson
Population	35,528 → 35,975 (+1.3%)	57,817 → 57,683 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$83,549 → $88,544 (+6.0%)	$88,786 → $100,481 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$242,600 → $306,000 (+26.1%)	$363,800 → $445,100 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,221 → $1,537 (+25.9%)	$1,438 → $1,784 (+24.1%)

Randallstown

Population

35,52835,975

Median household income

$83,549$88,544

Median home value

$242,600$306,000

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,537

Towson

Population

57,81757,683

Median household income

$88,786$100,481

Median home value

$363,800$445,100

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Randallstown	Towson
Under 5	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	21.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.5%
75 and over	8.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Randallstown	Towson
White (non-Hispanic)	11.3%	67.5%
Black or African American	77.7%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Randallstown	Towson
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	24.0%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	33.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Randallstown	Towson
Drove alone	71.4%	64.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.3%
Public transit	6.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.2%	20.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Randallstown	Towson
1-unit, detached	55.3%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	23.1%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	17.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Randallstown	Towson
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1976	1965