Mount Airy vs Taneytown

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

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

Mount Airy has the higher population (9,746 vs 7,295 in Taneytown). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($154,514 vs $78,726 in Taneytown). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $323,700 in Taneytown).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Airy	Taneytown
Population	9,746	7,295
Median age	38.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$154,514	$78,726
Median home value	$474,800	$323,700
Median gross rent	$1,939	$799
Housing units	3,331	2,960
Homeownership rate	93.3%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Airy	Taneytown
Population	9,397 → 9,746 (+3.7%)	6,787 → 7,295 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$125,365 → $154,514 (+23.3%)	$73,649 → $78,726 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$371,500 → $474,800 (+27.8%)	$252,700 → $323,700 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,939 (+22.7%)	$1,028 → $799 (-22.3%)

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

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)

	Mount Airy	Taneytown
Under 5	7.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.0%
75 and over	5.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Airy	Taneytown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	85.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Airy	Taneytown
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	14.6%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Airy	Taneytown
Drove alone	73.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.3%
Public transit	0.7%	2.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	10.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Airy	Taneytown
1-unit, detached	70.8%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	25.9%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Airy	Taneytown
Poverty rate	2.3%	12.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1995	1992