Cavetown vs Mount Aetna

A side-by-side comparison of Cavetown and Mount Aetna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cavetown has the higher population (909 vs 581 in Mount Aetna). Mount Aetna has the higher median household income ($120,417 vs $103,866 in Cavetown). Mount Aetna has the higher median home value ($457,100 vs $306,500 in Cavetown).

Population, income & housing

	Cavetown	Mount Aetna
Population	909	581
Median age	54.9 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,866	$120,417
Median home value	$306,500	$457,100
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,184
Housing units	465	202
Homeownership rate	91.3%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavetown	Mount Aetna
Population	1,129 → 909 (-19.5%)	689 → 581 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$82,232 → $103,866 (+26.3%)	$140,833 → $120,417 (-14.5%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $306,500 (+40.1%)	$386,800 → $457,100 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,102 (-2.0%)	$1,775 → $1,184 (-33.3%)

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

Mount Aetna

Population

689581

Median household income

$140,833$120,417

Median home value

$386,800$457,100

Median gross rent

$1,775$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavetown	Mount Aetna
Under 5	1.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	23.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.0%
75 and over	17.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavetown	Mount Aetna
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	65.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavetown	Mount Aetna
No high school diploma	15.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	18.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	46.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavetown	Mount Aetna
Drove alone	86.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	13.5%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavetown	Mount Aetna
1-unit, detached	95.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cavetown	Mount Aetna
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1961	1985