Hancock vs Highfield-Cascade

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

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

Hancock has the higher population (1,715 vs 1,079 in Highfield-Cascade). Highfield-Cascade has the higher median household income ($62,857 vs $39,375 in Hancock). Highfield-Cascade has the higher median home value ($225,600 vs $175,000 in Hancock).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock	Highfield-Cascade
Population	1,715	1,079
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$62,857
Median home value	$175,000	$225,600
Median gross rent	$928	—
Housing units	916	452
Homeownership rate	54.9%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock	Highfield-Cascade
Population	1,587 → 1,715 (+8.1%)	809 → 1,079 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$45,588 → $39,375 (-13.6%)	$66,375 → $62,857 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $175,000 (+51.0%)	$210,500 → $225,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $928 (+45.5%)	—

Hancock

Population

1,5871,715

Median household income

$45,588$39,375

Median home value

$115,900$175,000

Median gross rent

$638$928

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)

	Hancock	Highfield-Cascade
Under 5	6.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	11.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	17.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.4%
75 and over	6.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock	Highfield-Cascade
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock	Highfield-Cascade
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	45.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock	Highfield-Cascade
Drove alone	74.5%	69.7%
Carpooled	19.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	27.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock	Highfield-Cascade
1-unit, detached	63.5%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Hancock	Highfield-Cascade
Poverty rate	22.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	44
Median year structure built	1963	1949