Chesapeake City vs Port Deposit

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

Chesapeake City and Port Deposit are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chesapeake City has the higher population (778 vs 528 in Port Deposit). Chesapeake City has the higher median household income ($67,109 vs $58,750 in Port Deposit). Chesapeake City has the higher median home value ($335,200 vs $272,700 in Port Deposit).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake City	Port Deposit
Population	778	528
Median age	57.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,109	$58,750
Median home value	$335,200	$272,700
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,143
Housing units	451	444
Homeownership rate	75.8%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake City	Port Deposit
Population	705 → 778 (+10.4%)	614 → 528 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $67,109 (+6.3%)	$71,094 → $58,750 (-17.4%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $335,200 (+24.1%)	$207,300 → $272,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,005 (+12.2%)	$886 → $1,143 (+29.0%)

Chesapeake City

Population

705778

Median household income

$63,125$67,109

Median home value

$270,000$335,200

Median gross rent

$896$1,005

Port Deposit

Population

614528

Median household income

$71,094$58,750

Median home value

$207,300$272,700

Median gross rent

$886$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake City	Port Deposit
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	16.9%
35 to 44	4.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	26.0%	19.5%
65 to 74	19.2%	11.7%
75 and over	11.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake City	Port Deposit
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	69.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake City	Port Deposit
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake City	Port Deposit
Drove alone	62.9%	62.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	11.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake City	Port Deposit
1-unit, detached	67.8%	27.5%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	26.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake City	Port Deposit
Poverty rate	13.5%	22.5%
Average household size	1.92	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1947	1974