Eldersburg vs Taneytown

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

Eldersburg and Taneytown 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 7,295 in Taneytown). Eldersburg has the higher median household income ($146,598 vs $78,726 in Taneytown). Eldersburg has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $323,700 in Taneytown).

Population, income & housing

	Eldersburg	Taneytown
Population	30,626	7,295
Median age	39.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,598	$78,726
Median home value	$478,800	$323,700
Median gross rent	$1,655	$799
Housing units	11,011	2,960
Homeownership rate	88.5%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldersburg	Taneytown
Population	31,108 → 30,626 (-1.5%)	6,787 → 7,295 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$120,688 → $146,598 (+21.5%)	$73,649 → $78,726 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$386,700 → $478,800 (+23.8%)	$252,700 → $323,700 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,655 (+43.5%)	$1,028 → $799 (-22.3%)

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

Taneytown

Population

6,7877,295

Median household income

$73,649$78,726

Median home value

$252,700$323,700

Median gross rent

$1,028$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldersburg	Taneytown
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.0%
75 and over	6.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldersburg	Taneytown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	85.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldersburg	Taneytown
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.9%
High school graduate	17.5%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldersburg	Taneytown
Drove alone	75.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.2%	2.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	10.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldersburg	Taneytown
1-unit, detached	82.2%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eldersburg	Taneytown
Poverty rate	4.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1988	1992