Edgewood vs Joppatowne

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewood and Joppatowne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgewood has the higher population (25,170 vs 13,397 in Joppatowne). Joppatowne has the higher median household income ($109,589 vs $86,355 in Edgewood). Joppatowne has the higher median home value ($315,000 vs $234,700 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Joppatowne
Population	25,170	13,397
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,355	$109,589
Median home value	$234,700	$315,000
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,600
Housing units	10,133	5,792
Homeownership rate	68.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Joppatowne
Population	25,574 → 25,170 (-1.6%)	12,304 → 13,397 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$68,952 → $86,355 (+25.2%)	$89,423 → $109,589 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$182,300 → $234,700 (+28.7%)	$260,900 → $315,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,435 (+16.7%)	$1,161 → $1,600 (+37.8%)

Edgewood

Population

25,57425,170

Median household income

$68,952$86,355

Median home value

$182,300$234,700

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,435

Joppatowne

Population

12,30413,397

Median household income

$89,423$109,589

Median home value

$260,900$315,000

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Joppatowne
Under 5	6.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.4%
75 and over	3.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Joppatowne
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	71.2%
Black or African American	44.7%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Joppatowne
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Joppatowne
Drove alone	74.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	5.1%
Public transit	1.7%	2.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Joppatowne
1-unit, detached	42.0%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	33.1%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Joppatowne
Poverty rate	10.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1982	1975