Cecilton vs Perryville

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

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

Perryville has the higher population (4,425 vs 863 in Cecilton). Cecilton has the higher median household income ($95,795 vs $75,543 in Perryville). Perryville has the higher median home value ($267,700 vs $233,800 in Cecilton).

Population, income & housing

	Cecilton	Perryville
Population	863	4,425
Median age	30.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,795	$75,543
Median home value	$233,800	$267,700
Median gross rent	$882	$1,053
Housing units	409	1,821
Homeownership rate	66.6%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cecilton	Perryville
Population	880 → 863 (-1.9%)	4,404 → 4,425 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$34,569 → $95,795 (+177.1%)	$72,432 → $75,543 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $233,800 (+34.5%)	$227,900 → $267,700 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $882 (+18.9%)	$998 → $1,053 (+5.5%)

Cecilton

Population

880863

Median household income

$34,569$95,795

Median home value

$173,800$233,800

Median gross rent

$742$882

Perryville

Population

4,4044,425

Median household income

$72,432$75,543

Median home value

$227,900$267,700

Median gross rent

$998$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cecilton	Perryville
Under 5	6.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	25.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	19.0%
65 to 74	3.1%	10.1%
75 and over	9.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cecilton	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	74.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cecilton	Perryville
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cecilton	Perryville
Drove alone	82.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cecilton	Perryville
1-unit, detached	74.1%	45.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	22.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Cecilton	Perryville
Poverty rate	5.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1976	1988