Cambridge vs Secretary

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge and Secretary: population, income, housing, and more.

Cambridge and Secretary 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 598 in Secretary). Secretary has the higher median household income ($68,333 vs $46,261 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($254,400 vs $172,100 in Secretary).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Secretary
Population	13,094	598
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,261	$68,333
Median home value	$254,400	$172,100
Median gross rent	$971	$1,135
Housing units	6,579	269
Homeownership rate	41.1%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Secretary
Population	12,375 → 13,094 (+5.8%)	445 → 598 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$43,120 → $46,261 (+7.3%)	$44,167 → $68,333 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $254,400 (+55.9%)	$142,900 → $172,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $971 (+13.4%)	$1,217 → $1,135 (-6.7%)

Cambridge

Population

12,37513,094

Median household income

$43,120$46,261

Median home value

$163,200$254,400

Median gross rent

$856$971

Secretary

Population

445598

Median household income

$44,167$68,333

Median home value

$142,900$172,100

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Secretary
Under 5	6.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	20.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	5.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.5%
75 and over	8.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Secretary
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	44.2%	0.2%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Secretary
No high school diploma	13.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	39.3%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Secretary
Drove alone	77.4%	90.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Secretary
1-unit, detached	58.4%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Secretary
Poverty rate	24.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1967	1971