Easton vs Trappe

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

Easton and Trappe 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 1,112 in Trappe). Easton has the higher median household income ($73,460 vs $64,231 in Trappe). Easton has the higher median home value ($348,400 vs $243,600 in Trappe).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	Trappe
Population	17,202	1,112
Median age	45.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,460	$64,231
Median home value	$348,400	$243,600
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,360
Housing units	7,905	441
Homeownership rate	59.7%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	Trappe
Population	16,591 → 17,202 (+3.7%)	1,200 → 1,112 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$61,651 → $73,460 (+19.2%)	$65,664 → $64,231 (-2.2%)
Median home value	$276,900 → $348,400 (+25.8%)	$218,800 → $243,600 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,177 (+7.4%)	$1,113 → $1,360 (+22.2%)

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

Trappe

Population

1,2001,112

Median household income

$65,664$64,231

Median home value

$218,800$243,600

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Easton	Trappe
Under 5	4.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.5%
75 and over	16.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	Trappe
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	65.7%
Black or African American	14.4%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	Trappe
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	24.1%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	Trappe
Drove alone	71.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	10.6%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	3.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	Trappe
1-unit, detached	59.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Easton	Trappe
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1986	1980