Ellicott City vs Ilchester

A side-by-side comparison of Ellicott City and Ilchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellicott City has the higher population (73,737 vs 27,552 in Ilchester). Ellicott City has the higher median household income ($157,891 vs $150,783 in Ilchester). Ellicott City has the higher median home value ($644,300 vs $498,500 in Ilchester).

Population, income & housing

	Ellicott City	Ilchester
Population	73,737	27,552
Median age	42.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$157,891	$150,783
Median home value	$644,300	$498,500
Median gross rent	$2,001	$1,963
Housing units	27,510	10,043
Homeownership rate	72.7%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellicott City	Ilchester
Population	72,665 → 73,737 (+1.5%)	26,974 → 27,552 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$131,534 → $157,891 (+20.0%)	$126,566 → $150,783 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$537,400 → $644,300 (+19.9%)	$390,600 → $498,500 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,615 → $2,001 (+23.9%)	$1,799 → $1,963 (+9.1%)

Ellicott City

Population

72,66573,737

Median household income

$131,534$157,891

Median home value

$537,400$644,300

Median gross rent

$1,615$2,001

Ilchester

Population

26,97427,552

Median household income

$126,566$150,783

Median home value

$390,600$498,500

Median gross rent

$1,799$1,963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellicott City	Ilchester
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	5.4%
75 and over	7.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellicott City	Ilchester
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	51.2%
Black or African American	7.9%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	30.1%	18.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellicott City	Ilchester
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	11.0%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	37.0%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellicott City	Ilchester
Drove alone	69.5%	65.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.5%	2.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	23.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellicott City	Ilchester
1-unit, detached	55.0%	45.2%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	13.9%
20 or more units	9.5%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Ellicott City	Ilchester
Poverty rate	3.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1991	1994