Cecilton vs Rising Sun

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

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

Rising Sun has the higher population (2,756 vs 863 in Cecilton). Cecilton has the higher median household income ($95,795 vs $85,750 in Rising Sun). Rising Sun has the higher median home value ($289,200 vs $233,800 in Cecilton).

Population, income & housing

	Cecilton	Rising Sun
Population	863	2,756
Median age	30.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,795	$85,750
Median home value	$233,800	$289,200
Median gross rent	$882	$1,183
Housing units	409	1,094
Homeownership rate	66.6%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cecilton	Rising Sun
Population	880 → 863 (-1.9%)	2,791 → 2,756 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$34,569 → $95,795 (+177.1%)	$67,548 → $85,750 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $233,800 (+34.5%)	$223,400 → $289,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $882 (+18.9%)	$1,003 → $1,183 (+17.9%)

Cecilton

Population

880863

Median household income

$34,569$95,795

Median home value

$173,800$233,800

Median gross rent

$742$882

Rising Sun

Population

2,7912,756

Median household income

$67,548$85,750

Median home value

$223,400$289,200

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cecilton	Rising Sun
Under 5	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	24.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	25.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	3.1%	4.7%
75 and over	9.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cecilton	Rising Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	82.9%
Black or African American	7.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cecilton	Rising Sun
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cecilton	Rising Sun
Drove alone	82.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cecilton	Rising Sun
1-unit, detached	74.1%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Cecilton	Rising Sun
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1976	1987