Eldersburg vs Mount Airy

A side-by-side comparison of Eldersburg and Mount Airy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eldersburg has the higher population (30,626 vs 9,746 in Mount Airy). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($154,514 vs $146,598 in Eldersburg). Eldersburg has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $474,800 in Mount Airy).

Population, income & housing

	Eldersburg	Mount Airy
Population	30,626	9,746
Median age	39.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$146,598	$154,514
Median home value	$478,800	$474,800
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,939
Housing units	11,011	3,331
Homeownership rate	88.5%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldersburg	Mount Airy
Population	31,108 → 30,626 (-1.5%)	9,397 → 9,746 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$120,688 → $146,598 (+21.5%)	$125,365 → $154,514 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$386,700 → $478,800 (+23.8%)	$371,500 → $474,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,655 (+43.5%)	$1,580 → $1,939 (+22.7%)

Eldersburg

Population

31,10830,626

Median household income

$120,688$146,598

Median home value

$386,700$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,655

Mount Airy

Population

9,3979,746

Median household income

$125,365$154,514

Median home value

$371,500$474,800

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldersburg	Mount Airy
Under 5	5.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.4%
75 and over	6.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldersburg	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	82.1%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldersburg	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	17.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldersburg	Mount Airy
Drove alone	75.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	16.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldersburg	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	82.2%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	25.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Eldersburg	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	4.2%	2.3%
Average household size	2.77	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1988	1995