Easton vs Tilghman Island

A side-by-side comparison of Easton and Tilghman Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Easton and Tilghman Island 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 874 in Tilghman Island). Easton has the higher median household income ($73,460 vs $64,931 in Tilghman Island). Easton has the higher median home value ($348,400 vs $330,300 in Tilghman Island).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	Tilghman Island
Population	17,202	874
Median age	45.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,460	$64,931
Median home value	$348,400	$330,300
Median gross rent	$1,177	—
Housing units	7,905	559
Homeownership rate	59.7%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	Tilghman Island
Population	16,591 → 17,202 (+3.7%)	1,005 → 874 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$61,651 → $73,460 (+19.2%)	$61,042 → $64,931 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$276,900 → $348,400 (+25.8%)	$332,300 → $330,300 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,177 (+7.4%)	—

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

Tilghman Island

Population

1,005874

Median household income

$61,042$64,931

Median home value

$332,300$330,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Easton	Tilghman Island
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	6.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	5.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	3.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	27.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	22.9%
75 and over	16.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	Tilghman Island
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	14.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	Tilghman Island
No high school diploma	8.7%	17.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	Tilghman Island
Drove alone	71.9%	53.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	19.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	13.4%	19.8%
Other means	2.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	Tilghman Island
1-unit, detached	59.0%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Easton	Tilghman Island
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1986	1962