Rock Hall vs Tolchester

A side-by-side comparison of Rock Hall and Tolchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Hall has the higher population (1,286 vs 381 in Tolchester). Tolchester has the higher median household income ($114,750 vs $68,906 in Rock Hall). Tolchester has the higher median home value ($320,700 vs $245,400 in Rock Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Hall	Tolchester
Population	1,286	381
Median age	63.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,906	$114,750
Median home value	$245,400	$320,700
Median gross rent	$808	$1,021
Housing units	959	234
Homeownership rate	78.2%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Hall	Tolchester
Population	1,340 → 1,286 (-4.0%)	350 → 381 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$38,871 → $68,906 (+77.3%)	$126,938 → $114,750 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$185,100 → $245,400 (+32.6%)	$200,000 → $320,700 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $808 (-1.8%)	$1,588 → $1,021 (-35.7%)

Rock Hall

Population

1,3401,286

Median household income

$38,871$68,906

Median home value

$185,100$245,400

Median gross rent

$823$808

Tolchester

Population

350381

Median household income

$126,938$114,750

Median home value

$200,000$320,700

Median gross rent

$1,588$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Hall	Tolchester
Under 5	1.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	3.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	2.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	31.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	31.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	3.4%
65 to 74	24.9%	9.2%
75 and over	20.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Hall	Tolchester
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	73.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Hall	Tolchester
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	26.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	47.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Hall	Tolchester
Drove alone	72.2%	94.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Hall	Tolchester
1-unit, detached	74.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rock Hall	Tolchester
Poverty rate	9.6%	0.0%
Average household size	1.93	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	49
Median year structure built	1974	1951