Elkton vs Perryville

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

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

Elkton has the higher population (15,867 vs 4,425 in Perryville). Perryville has the higher median household income ($75,543 vs $56,565 in Elkton). Elkton has the higher median home value ($271,700 vs $267,700 in Perryville).

Population, income & housing

	Elkton	Perryville
Population	15,867	4,425
Median age	37.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,565	$75,543
Median home value	$271,700	$267,700
Median gross rent	$1,368	$1,053
Housing units	6,234	1,821
Homeownership rate	48.3%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkton	Perryville
Population	15,644 → 15,867 (+1.4%)	4,404 → 4,425 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $56,565 (+0.6%)	$72,432 → $75,543 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$194,800 → $271,700 (+39.5%)	$227,900 → $267,700 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,368 (+28.3%)	$998 → $1,053 (+5.5%)

Elkton

Population

15,64415,867

Median household income

$56,250$56,565

Median home value

$194,800$271,700

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,368

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)

	Elkton	Perryville
Under 5	4.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.1%
75 and over	4.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkton	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	74.8%
Black or African American	15.3%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkton	Perryville
No high school diploma	11.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	40.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkton	Perryville
Drove alone	77.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.1%
Other means	1.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkton	Perryville
1-unit, detached	43.1%	45.2%
1-unit, attached	24.9%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	22.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Elkton	Perryville
Poverty rate	19.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1987	1988