Elkridge vs Scaggsville

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

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

Elkridge has the higher population (26,183 vs 10,441 in Scaggsville). Scaggsville has the higher median household income ($183,125 vs $135,412 in Elkridge). Scaggsville has the higher median home value ($629,800 vs $438,200 in Elkridge).

Population, income & housing

	Elkridge	Scaggsville
Population	26,183	10,441
Median age	34.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$135,412	$183,125
Median home value	$438,200	$629,800
Median gross rent	$2,206	$3,205
Housing units	9,530	3,436
Homeownership rate	61.5%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkridge	Scaggsville
Population	21,458 → 26,183 (+22.0%)	9,751 → 10,441 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$100,068 → $135,412 (+35.3%)	$151,558 → $183,125 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$364,700 → $438,200 (+20.2%)	$511,300 → $629,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,783 → $2,206 (+23.7%)	$2,431 → $3,205 (+31.8%)

Elkridge

Population

21,45826,183

Median household income

$100,068$135,412

Median home value

$364,700$438,200

Median gross rent

$1,783$2,206

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)

	Elkridge	Scaggsville
Under 5	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.3%
75 and over	2.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkridge	Scaggsville
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	52.1%
Black or African American	33.2%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	21.2%	17.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkridge	Scaggsville
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	15.2%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	35.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkridge	Scaggsville
Drove alone	69.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.6%
Public transit	2.1%	2.1%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	27.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkridge	Scaggsville
1-unit, detached	31.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	35.4%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	19.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkridge	Scaggsville
Poverty rate	7.7%	2.9%
Average household size	2.82	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	2005	1988