Ellicott City vs Scaggsville

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

Ellicott City and Scaggsville 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 10,441 in Scaggsville). Scaggsville has the higher median household income ($183,125 vs $157,891 in Ellicott City). Ellicott City has the higher median home value ($644,300 vs $629,800 in Scaggsville).

Population, income & housing

	Ellicott City	Scaggsville
Population	73,737	10,441
Median age	42.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$157,891	$183,125
Median home value	$644,300	$629,800
Median gross rent	$2,001	$3,205
Housing units	27,510	3,436
Homeownership rate	72.7%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellicott City	Scaggsville
Population	72,665 → 73,737 (+1.5%)	9,751 → 10,441 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$131,534 → $157,891 (+20.0%)	$151,558 → $183,125 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$537,400 → $644,300 (+19.9%)	$511,300 → $629,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,615 → $2,001 (+23.9%)	$2,431 → $3,205 (+31.8%)

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

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)

	Ellicott City	Scaggsville
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.3%
75 and over	7.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellicott City	Scaggsville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	52.1%
Black or African American	7.9%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	30.1%	17.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellicott City	Scaggsville
No high school diploma	3.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	11.0%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	37.0%	35.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellicott City	Scaggsville
Drove alone	69.5%	67.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.6%
Public transit	0.5%	2.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	27.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellicott City	Scaggsville
1-unit, detached	55.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	3.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellicott City	Scaggsville
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.75	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1991	1988