Garrett County vs Talbot County

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

Garrett 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 28,713 in Garrett County). Talbot County has the higher median household income ($84,378 vs $69,031 in Garrett County). Talbot County has the higher median home value ($398,300 vs $217,000 in Garrett County).

Population, income & housing

	Garrett County	Talbot County
Population	28,713	37,707
Median age	48.1 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,031	$84,378
Median home value	$217,000	$398,300
Median gross rent	$710	$1,248
Housing units	18,567	19,671
Homeownership rate	81.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrett County	Talbot County
Population	29,235 → 28,713 (-1.8%)	37,167 → 37,707 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$52,617 → $69,031 (+31.2%)	$73,547 → $84,378 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $217,000 (+24.8%)	$336,800 → $398,300 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $710 (+15.6%)	$1,116 → $1,248 (+11.8%)

Garrett County

Population

29,23528,713

Median household income

$52,617$69,031

Median home value

$173,900$217,000

Median gross rent

$614$710

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)

	Garrett County	Talbot County
Under 5	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.4%
75 and over	10.1%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrett County	Talbot County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrett County	Talbot County
No high school diploma	10.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrett County	Talbot County
Drove alone	77.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	1.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.2%
Worked from home	11.1%	14.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrett County	Talbot County
1-unit, detached	78.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Garrett County	Talbot County
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1981	1982