Sykesville vs Union Bridge

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

Sykesville and Union Bridge 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 941 in Union Bridge). Sykesville has the higher median household income ($135,692 vs $65,417 in Union Bridge). Sykesville has the higher median home value ($398,600 vs $264,800 in Union Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Sykesville	Union Bridge
Population	4,346	941
Median age	34.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$135,692	$65,417
Median home value	$398,600	$264,800
Median gross rent	$1,703	$1,179
Housing units	1,601	482
Homeownership rate	70.4%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sykesville	Union Bridge
Population	3,939 → 4,346 (+10.3%)	872 → 941 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$109,393 → $135,692 (+24.0%)	$55,750 → $65,417 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$379,500 → $398,600 (+5.0%)	$192,700 → $264,800 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,703 (+25.6%)	$1,043 → $1,179 (+13.0%)

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

Union Bridge

Population

872941

Median household income

$55,750$65,417

Median home value

$192,700$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sykesville	Union Bridge
Under 5	7.1%	10.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	17.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	6.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.9%
75 and over	3.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sykesville	Union Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	84.5%
Black or African American	15.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sykesville	Union Bridge
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	21.3%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sykesville	Union Bridge
Drove alone	85.3%	80.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sykesville	Union Bridge
1-unit, detached	45.3%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sykesville	Union Bridge
Poverty rate	3.5%	18.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1986	1938