Easton vs St. Michaels

A side-by-side comparison of Easton and St. Michaels: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Easton has the higher population (17,202 vs 1,381 in St. Michaels). St. Michaels has the higher median household income ($73,831 vs $73,460 in Easton). St. Michaels has the higher median home value ($530,200 vs $348,400 in Easton).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	St. Michaels
Population	17,202	1,381
Median age	45.6 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,460	$73,831
Median home value	$348,400	$530,200
Median gross rent	$1,177	$946
Housing units	7,905	851
Homeownership rate	59.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	St. Michaels
Population	16,591 → 17,202 (+3.7%)	1,108 → 1,381 (+24.6%)
Median household income	$61,651 → $73,460 (+19.2%)	$61,563 → $73,831 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$276,900 → $348,400 (+25.8%)	$371,900 → $530,200 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,177 (+7.4%)	$902 → $946 (+4.9%)

Easton

Population

16,59117,202

Median household income

$61,651$73,460

Median home value

$276,900$348,400

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,177

St. Michaels

Population

1,1081,381

Median household income

$61,563$73,831

Median home value

$371,900$530,200

Median gross rent

$902$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Easton	St. Michaels
Under 5	4.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	22.2%
75 and over	16.1%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	St. Michaels
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	66.6%
Black or African American	14.4%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	St. Michaels
No high school diploma	8.7%	20.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	St. Michaels
Drove alone	71.9%	67.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	14.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	11.4%
Other means	2.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	St. Michaels
1-unit, detached	59.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Easton	St. Michaels
Poverty rate	12.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1986	1964