Cecilton vs Elkton

A side-by-side comparison of Cecilton and Elkton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkton has the higher population (15,867 vs 863 in Cecilton). Cecilton has the higher median household income ($95,795 vs $56,565 in Elkton). Elkton has the higher median home value ($271,700 vs $233,800 in Cecilton).

Population, income & housing

	Cecilton	Elkton
Population	863	15,867
Median age	30.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,795	$56,565
Median home value	$233,800	$271,700
Median gross rent	$882	$1,368
Housing units	409	6,234
Homeownership rate	66.6%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cecilton	Elkton
Population	880 → 863 (-1.9%)	15,644 → 15,867 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$34,569 → $95,795 (+177.1%)	$56,250 → $56,565 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $233,800 (+34.5%)	$194,800 → $271,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $882 (+18.9%)	$1,066 → $1,368 (+28.3%)

Cecilton

Population

880863

Median household income

$34,569$95,795

Median home value

$173,800$233,800

Median gross rent

$742$882

Elkton

Population

15,64415,867

Median household income

$56,250$56,565

Median home value

$194,800$271,700

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cecilton	Elkton
Under 5	6.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	25.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	3.1%	9.7%
75 and over	9.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cecilton	Elkton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	62.9%
Black or African American	7.4%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cecilton	Elkton
No high school diploma	10.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cecilton	Elkton
Drove alone	82.8%	77.6%
Carpooled	12.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cecilton	Elkton
1-unit, detached	74.1%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	24.9%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cecilton	Elkton
Poverty rate	5.8%	19.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1976	1987