New Windsor vs Sykesville

A side-by-side comparison of New Windsor and Sykesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sykesville has the higher population (4,346 vs 1,338 in New Windsor). Sykesville has the higher median household income ($135,692 vs $111,731 in New Windsor). Sykesville has the higher median home value ($398,600 vs $337,500 in New Windsor).

Population, income & housing

	New Windsor	Sykesville
Population	1,338	4,346
Median age	45.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,731	$135,692
Median home value	$337,500	$398,600
Median gross rent	$330	$1,703
Housing units	552	1,601
Homeownership rate	93.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Windsor	Sykesville
Population	1,298 → 1,338 (+3.1%)	3,939 → 4,346 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$90,324 → $111,731 (+23.7%)	$109,393 → $135,692 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$264,300 → $337,500 (+27.7%)	$379,500 → $398,600 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $330 (-71.3%)	$1,356 → $1,703 (+25.6%)

New Windsor

Population

1,2981,338

Median household income

$90,324$111,731

Median home value

$264,300$337,500

Median gross rent

$1,148$330

Sykesville

Population

3,9394,346

Median household income

$109,393$135,692

Median home value

$379,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Windsor	Sykesville
Under 5	3.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.9%
75 and over	9.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Windsor	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	75.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Windsor	Sykesville
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	30.4%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Windsor	Sykesville
Drove alone	72.2%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Windsor	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	79.2%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	New Windsor	Sykesville
Poverty rate	12.9%	3.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	39	33
Median year structure built	1991	1986