Caroline County vs Talbot County

A side-by-side comparison of Caroline County and Talbot County: population, income, housing, and more.

Caroline County and Talbot County are counties in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Talbot County has the higher population (37,707 vs 33,406 in Caroline County). Talbot County has the higher median household income ($84,378 vs $66,368 in Caroline County). Talbot County has the higher median home value ($398,300 vs $272,400 in Caroline County).

Population, income & housing

	Caroline County	Talbot County
Population	33,406	37,707
Median age	39.8 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,368	$84,378
Median home value	$272,400	$398,300
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,248
Housing units	13,516	19,671
Homeownership rate	71.9%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caroline County	Talbot County
Population	33,049 → 33,406 (+1.1%)	37,167 → 37,707 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$58,638 → $66,368 (+13.2%)	$73,547 → $84,378 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $272,400 (+34.5%)	$336,800 → $398,300 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,070 (+19.6%)	$1,116 → $1,248 (+11.8%)

Caroline County

Population

33,04933,406

Median household income

$58,638$66,368

Median home value

$202,500$272,400

Median gross rent

$895$1,070

Talbot County

Population

37,16737,707

Median household income

$73,547$84,378

Median home value

$336,800$398,300

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caroline County	Talbot County
Under 5	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	15.4%
75 and over	6.9%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caroline County	Talbot County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	74.2%
Black or African American	13.2%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caroline County	Talbot County
No high school diploma	16.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caroline County	Talbot County
Drove alone	81.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.0%	14.3%
Other means	2.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caroline County	Talbot County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Caroline County	Talbot County
Poverty rate	12.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1981	1982