Columbia vs Scaggsville

A side-by-side comparison of Columbia and Scaggsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbia has the higher population (105,871 vs 10,441 in Scaggsville). Scaggsville has the higher median household income ($183,125 vs $129,173 in Columbia). Scaggsville has the higher median home value ($629,800 vs $480,300 in Columbia).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Scaggsville
Population	105,871	10,441
Median age	39.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,173	$183,125
Median home value	$480,300	$629,800
Median gross rent	$1,998	$3,205
Housing units	43,344	3,436
Homeownership rate	64.9%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.5%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Scaggsville
Population	103,991 → 105,871 (+1.8%)	9,751 → 10,441 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$108,352 → $129,173 (+19.2%)	$151,558 → $183,125 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$378,300 → $480,300 (+27.0%)	$511,300 → $629,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,722 → $1,998 (+16.0%)	$2,431 → $3,205 (+31.8%)

Columbia

Population

103,991105,871

Median household income

$108,352$129,173

Median home value

$378,300$480,300

Median gross rent

$1,722$1,998

Scaggsville

Population

9,75110,441

Median household income

$151,558$183,125

Median home value

$511,300$629,800

Median gross rent

$2,431$3,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Scaggsville
Under 5	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.3%
75 and over	7.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Scaggsville
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	52.1%
Black or African American	28.3%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.8%	17.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Scaggsville
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	11.8%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.5%	35.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Scaggsville
Drove alone	66.2%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	2.6%
Public transit	2.9%	2.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	27.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Scaggsville
1-unit, detached	39.6%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	25.9%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Scaggsville
Poverty rate	7.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.55	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1983	1988