Port Deposit vs Rising Sun

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

Port Deposit 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 528 in Port Deposit). Rising Sun has the higher median household income ($85,750 vs $58,750 in Port Deposit). Rising Sun has the higher median home value ($289,200 vs $272,700 in Port Deposit).

Population, income & housing

	Port Deposit	Rising Sun
Population	528	2,756
Median age	39.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$85,750
Median home value	$272,700	$289,200
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,183
Housing units	444	1,094
Homeownership rate	50.2%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Deposit	Rising Sun
Population	614 → 528 (-14.0%)	2,791 → 2,756 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$71,094 → $58,750 (-17.4%)	$67,548 → $85,750 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$207,300 → $272,700 (+31.5%)	$223,400 → $289,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,143 (+29.0%)	$1,003 → $1,183 (+17.9%)

Port Deposit

Population

614528

Median household income

$71,094$58,750

Median home value

$207,300$272,700

Median gross rent

$886$1,143

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)

	Port Deposit	Rising Sun
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	10.4%	24.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.7%
75 and over	3.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Deposit	Rising Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	82.9%
Black or African American	17.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Deposit	Rising Sun
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Deposit	Rising Sun
Drove alone	62.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	19.1%	8.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.7%	4.3%
Other means	8.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Deposit	Rising Sun
1-unit, detached	27.5%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	26.8%	9.6%
20 or more units	9.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Port Deposit	Rising Sun
Poverty rate	22.5%	9.1%
Average household size	1.81	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1974	1987