Chesapeake City vs Rising Sun

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

Chesapeake City 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 778 in Chesapeake City). Rising Sun has the higher median household income ($85,750 vs $67,109 in Chesapeake City). Chesapeake City has the higher median home value ($335,200 vs $289,200 in Rising Sun).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake City	Rising Sun
Population	778	2,756
Median age	57.0 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,109	$85,750
Median home value	$335,200	$289,200
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,183
Housing units	451	1,094
Homeownership rate	75.8%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake City	Rising Sun
Population	705 → 778 (+10.4%)	2,791 → 2,756 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $67,109 (+6.3%)	$67,548 → $85,750 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $335,200 (+24.1%)	$223,400 → $289,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,005 (+12.2%)	$1,003 → $1,183 (+17.9%)

Chesapeake City

Population

705778

Median household income

$63,125$67,109

Median home value

$270,000$335,200

Median gross rent

$896$1,005

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)

	Chesapeake City	Rising Sun
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	24.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	4.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	26.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	19.2%	4.7%
75 and over	11.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake City	Rising Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	3.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake City	Rising Sun
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake City	Rising Sun
Drove alone	62.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	11.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.6%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake City	Rising Sun
1-unit, detached	67.8%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	9.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake City	Rising Sun
Poverty rate	13.5%	9.1%
Average household size	1.92	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1947	1987