Ilchester vs Scaggsville

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

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

Ilchester has the higher population (27,552 vs 10,441 in Scaggsville). Scaggsville has the higher median household income ($183,125 vs $150,783 in Ilchester). Scaggsville has the higher median home value ($629,800 vs $498,500 in Ilchester).

Population, income & housing

	Ilchester	Scaggsville
Population	27,552	10,441
Median age	36.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$150,783	$183,125
Median home value	$498,500	$629,800
Median gross rent	$1,963	$3,205
Housing units	10,043	3,436
Homeownership rate	77.9%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.8%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ilchester	Scaggsville
Population	26,974 → 27,552 (+2.1%)	9,751 → 10,441 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$126,566 → $150,783 (+19.1%)	$151,558 → $183,125 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$390,600 → $498,500 (+27.6%)	$511,300 → $629,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,799 → $1,963 (+9.1%)	$2,431 → $3,205 (+31.8%)

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

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)

	Ilchester	Scaggsville
Under 5	6.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.3%
75 and over	4.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ilchester	Scaggsville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	52.1%
Black or African American	10.6%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.9%	17.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ilchester	Scaggsville
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	13.3%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.2%	35.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ilchester	Scaggsville
Drove alone	65.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.6%
Public transit	2.3%	2.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	27.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ilchester	Scaggsville
1-unit, detached	45.2%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	24.3%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	3.8%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ilchester	Scaggsville
Poverty rate	4.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.80	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1994	1988