Cambridge vs East New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge and East New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

Cambridge and East New Market are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cambridge has the higher population (13,094 vs 324 in East New Market). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($46,261 vs $40,417 in East New Market). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($254,400 vs $244,200 in East New Market).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	East New Market
Population	13,094	324
Median age	38.6 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,261	$40,417
Median home value	$254,400	$244,200
Median gross rent	$971	$1,125
Housing units	6,579	157
Homeownership rate	41.1%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	East New Market
Population	12,375 → 13,094 (+5.8%)	457 → 324 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$43,120 → $46,261 (+7.3%)	$62,188 → $40,417 (-35.0%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $254,400 (+55.9%)	$145,500 → $244,200 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $971 (+13.4%)	$763 → $1,125 (+47.4%)

Cambridge

Population

12,37513,094

Median household income

$43,120$46,261

Median home value

$163,200$254,400

Median gross rent

$856$971

East New Market

Population

457324

Median household income

$62,188$40,417

Median home value

$145,500$244,200

Median gross rent

$763$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	East New Market
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	18.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	8.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	East New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	44.2%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	East New Market
No high school diploma	13.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.3%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	East New Market
Drove alone	77.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	12.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	17.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	East New Market
1-unit, detached	58.4%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	8.3%
20 or more units	7.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	East New Market
Poverty rate	24.2%	22.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1967	1961