Sykesville vs Taneytown

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

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

Taneytown has the higher population (7,295 vs 4,346 in Sykesville). Sykesville has the higher median household income ($135,692 vs $78,726 in Taneytown). Sykesville has the higher median home value ($398,600 vs $323,700 in Taneytown).

Population, income & housing

	Sykesville	Taneytown
Population	4,346	7,295
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$135,692	$78,726
Median home value	$398,600	$323,700
Median gross rent	$1,703	$799
Housing units	1,601	2,960
Homeownership rate	70.4%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sykesville	Taneytown
Population	3,939 → 4,346 (+10.3%)	6,787 → 7,295 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$109,393 → $135,692 (+24.0%)	$73,649 → $78,726 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$379,500 → $398,600 (+5.0%)	$252,700 → $323,700 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,703 (+25.6%)	$1,028 → $799 (-22.3%)

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

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)

	Sykesville	Taneytown
Under 5	7.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	6.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.0%
75 and over	3.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sykesville	Taneytown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	85.3%
Black or African American	15.2%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sykesville	Taneytown
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	21.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sykesville	Taneytown
Drove alone	85.3%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sykesville	Taneytown
1-unit, detached	45.3%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	12.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sykesville	Taneytown
Poverty rate	3.5%	12.5%
Average household size	2.88	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1986	1992