Hancock vs Paramount-Long Meadow

A side-by-side comparison of Hancock and Paramount-Long Meadow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paramount-Long Meadow has the higher population (2,660 vs 1,715 in Hancock). Paramount-Long Meadow has the higher median household income ($101,763 vs $39,375 in Hancock). Paramount-Long Meadow has the higher median home value ($340,500 vs $175,000 in Hancock).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock	Paramount-Long Meadow
Population	1,715	2,660
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$101,763
Median home value	$175,000	$340,500
Median gross rent	$928	$1,421
Housing units	916	943
Homeownership rate	54.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock	Paramount-Long Meadow
Population	1,587 → 1,715 (+8.1%)	3,062 → 2,660 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$45,588 → $39,375 (-13.6%)	$84,417 → $101,763 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $175,000 (+51.0%)	$273,700 → $340,500 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $928 (+45.5%)	$1,172 → $1,421 (+21.2%)

Hancock

Population

1,5871,715

Median household income

$45,588$39,375

Median home value

$115,900$175,000

Median gross rent

$638$928

Paramount-Long Meadow

Population

3,0622,660

Median household income

$84,417$101,763

Median home value

$273,700$340,500

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hancock	Paramount-Long Meadow
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.5%
45 to 54	17.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	21.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.0%
75 and over	6.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock	Paramount-Long Meadow
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock	Paramount-Long Meadow
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	45.2%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock	Paramount-Long Meadow
Drove alone	74.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	19.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock	Paramount-Long Meadow
1-unit, detached	63.5%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hancock	Paramount-Long Meadow
Poverty rate	22.9%	1.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1963	1991