Cavetown vs Highfield-Cascade

A side-by-side comparison of Cavetown and Highfield-Cascade: population, income, housing, and more.

Cavetown and Highfield-Cascade are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highfield-Cascade has the higher population (1,079 vs 909 in Cavetown). Cavetown has the higher median household income ($103,866 vs $62,857 in Highfield-Cascade). Cavetown has the higher median home value ($306,500 vs $225,600 in Highfield-Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Cavetown	Highfield-Cascade
Population	909	1,079
Median age	54.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,866	$62,857
Median home value	$306,500	$225,600
Median gross rent	$1,102	—
Housing units	465	452
Homeownership rate	91.3%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavetown	Highfield-Cascade
Population	1,129 → 909 (-19.5%)	809 → 1,079 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$82,232 → $103,866 (+26.3%)	$66,375 → $62,857 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $306,500 (+40.1%)	$210,500 → $225,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,102 (-2.0%)	—

Cavetown

Population

1,129909

Median household income

$82,232$103,866

Median home value

$218,800$306,500

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,102

Highfield-Cascade

Population

8091,079

Median household income

$66,375$62,857

Median home value

$210,500$225,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavetown	Highfield-Cascade
Under 5	1.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.6%	14.4%
75 and over	17.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavetown	Highfield-Cascade
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavetown	Highfield-Cascade
No high school diploma	15.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	18.1%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavetown	Highfield-Cascade
Drove alone	86.5%	69.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	27.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavetown	Highfield-Cascade
1-unit, detached	95.9%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Cavetown	Highfield-Cascade
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	44
Median year structure built	1961	1949