Chesapeake City vs Perryville

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

Chesapeake City 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 778 in Chesapeake City). Perryville has the higher median household income ($75,543 vs $67,109 in Chesapeake City). Chesapeake City has the higher median home value ($335,200 vs $267,700 in Perryville).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake City	Perryville
Population	778	4,425
Median age	57.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,109	$75,543
Median home value	$335,200	$267,700
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,053
Housing units	451	1,821
Homeownership rate	75.8%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake City	Perryville
Population	705 → 778 (+10.4%)	4,404 → 4,425 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $67,109 (+6.3%)	$72,432 → $75,543 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $335,200 (+24.1%)	$227,900 → $267,700 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,005 (+12.2%)	$998 → $1,053 (+5.5%)

Chesapeake City

Population

705778

Median household income

$63,125$67,109

Median home value

$270,000$335,200

Median gross rent

$896$1,005

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)

	Chesapeake City	Perryville
Under 5	4.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	4.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	26.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	19.2%	10.1%
75 and over	11.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake City	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	74.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	3.7%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake City	Perryville
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	26.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake City	Perryville
Drove alone	62.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake City	Perryville
1-unit, detached	67.8%	45.2%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	22.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake City	Perryville
Poverty rate	13.5%	13.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1947	1988