State profile · MD

Largest Cities in Maryland

Name: Maryland Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 479 tracked cities and towns in Maryland, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

479
Cities: 5.2M
Combined city pop.: $108,785
Avg median income: 6.8%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Baltimore is the largest of 479 tracked cities in Maryland, which ranks #3 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Baltimore
largest tracked city (577,193 people): #3
national rank, avg median income: 479
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

71% of Maryland's 479 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

342
10K-99K

135
100K-999K

2

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Maryland coverage, with 342 of 479 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Maryland is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Maryland's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Baltimore

577,193
Columbia

105,871
Germantown

90,521
Waldorf

82,541
Silver Spring

82,129
Frederick

80,617
Ellicott

73,737
Glen Burnie

72,772
Gaithersburg

69,225
Bethesda

67,403
Rockville

67,218
Dundalk

65,441

What this shows Baltimore, MD is the most populous city profiled in Maryland; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 479-row record is available as a CSV.

How Maryland ranks nationally

Avg median income

$108,785

#3 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$407,727

#12 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

6.8%

#7 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

479

#25 of 52 · most tracked cities

Maryland ranks #3 of 52 nationally on average median income and #7 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Maryland's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$407,727 23rd percentile more affordable than 23% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Maryland

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 479 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Baltimore	577,193	$59,623	$219,300	15.3%
2	Columbia	105,871	$129,173	$480,300	4.8%
3	Germantown	90,521	$112,149	$401,400	7.0%
4	Waldorf	82,541	$115,453	$383,100	5.2%
5	Silver Spring	82,129	$98,880	$619,400	7.5%
6	Frederick	80,617	$95,150	$365,200	7.3%
7	Ellicott	73,737	$157,891	$644,300	2.3%
8	Glen Burnie	72,772	$88,291	$329,200	6.8%
9	Gaithersburg	69,225	$107,496	$484,500	6.6%
10	Bethesda	67,403	$191,348	$1,129,700	2.6%
11	Rockville	67,218	$122,384	$658,300	5.1%
12	Dundalk	65,441	$62,349	$199,600	16.6%
13	Severn	58,041	$130,627	$465,600	4.1%
14	Bowie	57,771	$141,831	$442,000	3.0%
15	Bel Air South	57,702	$120,721	$384,000	2.9%
16	Towson	57,683	$100,481	$445,100	4.5%
17	Aspen Hill	53,752	$109,026	$538,000	5.7%
18	Wheaton	52,172	$107,349	$483,100	8.2%
19	North Bethesda	49,498	$128,970	$712,100	3.5%
20	Potomac	46,230	$239,205	$1,105,900	2.0%
21	Odenton	45,585	$126,455	$408,400	2.5%
22	Hagerstown	43,490	$49,957	$207,700	17.9%
23	Catonsville	42,717	$110,051	$405,800	3.9%
24	Annapolis	40,744	$104,257	$510,200	4.7%
25	Essex	40,670	$67,082	$253,500	9.1%
26	Woodlawn CDP (Baltimore County)	40,476	$78,591	$269,800	10.6%
27	Severna Park	39,499	$168,091	$633,600	1.7%
28	Clinton	38,756	$120,967	$400,300	6.7%
29	Olney	36,000	$171,766	$632,400	2.7%
30	Randallstown	35,975	$88,544	$306,000	5.9%
31	Owings Mills	35,626	$94,046	$335,000	3.1%
32	Chillum	35,163	$78,513	$383,900	8.4%
33	College Park	34,397	$74,867	$429,000	8.1%
34	Pikesville	34,253	$97,218	$404,100	5.1%
35	Montgomery	34,161	$96,487	$367,100	7.7%
36	Salisbury	33,080	$56,402	$217,500	14.8%
37	Pasadena	32,717	$119,393	$406,900	3.8%
38	Milford Mill	31,939	$76,676	$269,900	5.6%
39	Middle River	31,616	$74,198	$251,200	12.9%
40	Bel Air North	31,599	$137,995	$422,700	2.4%
41	Eldersburg	30,626	$146,598	$478,800	2.7%
42	Parkville	30,423	$78,405	$251,100	4.6%
43	Crofton	29,878	$147,250	$507,000	1.7%
44	Laurel	29,594	$94,063	$367,300	7.3%
45	Clarksburg	29,246	$178,641	$646,200	3.4%
46	Perry Hall	28,908	$104,709	$332,000	4.3%
47	Carney	28,624	$84,619	$299,200	7.9%
48	Reisterstown	27,764	$79,812	$332,300	8.2%
49	South Laurel	27,736	$90,715	$443,100	8.9%
50	Lochearn	27,591	$76,256	$265,200	7.5%
51	Ilchester	27,552	$150,783	$498,500	3.5%
52	Elkridge	26,183	$135,412	$438,200	5.4%
53	Fairland	26,183	$87,924	$440,800	6.8%
54	Ballenger Creek	25,866	$108,385	$369,800	12.0%
55	Fort Washington	25,843	$145,942	$464,300	2.8%
56	North Laurel	25,201	$119,533	$442,800	1.7%
57	Edgewood	25,170	$86,355	$234,700	7.4%
58	Suitland	24,667	$71,886	$312,600	11.1%
59	Greenbelt	24,572	$86,352	$258,600	12.8%
60	Landover	24,558	$68,679	$301,400	15.5%
61	North Potomac	23,994	$186,438	$793,200	3.9%
62	Arnold	23,866	$137,799	$547,800	2.4%
63	Cockeysville	23,265	$85,422	$392,000	9.2%
64	Camp Springs	22,174	$115,157	$379,500	4.9%
65	Langley Park	22,057	$82,038	$348,700	21.9%
66	Arbutus	20,869	$97,215	$296,800	6.9%
67	Hyattsville	20,861	$94,231	$463,500	7.3%
68	Rosedale	20,845	$83,957	$264,900	7.3%
69	Westminster	20,257	$79,431	$318,100	9.9%
70	Beltsville	19,086	$97,115	$381,100	8.5%
71	East Riverdale	19,043	$82,401	$346,700	16.9%
72	Redland	18,976	$123,587	$519,600	3.0%
73	Cumberland	18,938	$47,819	$120,800	17.3%
74	Maryland	18,669	$109,530	$392,500	8.5%
75	Seabrook	18,495	$96,033	$377,900	8.0%
76	Oxon Hill	18,491	$94,989	$345,500	3.9%
77	Lake Shore	18,263	$127,453	$471,500	2.6%
78	Parole	17,910	$119,591	$521,100	2.7%
79	Calverton	17,721	$108,315	$468,600	6.3%
80	Glassmanor	17,687	$69,778	$316,500	7.1%
81	Takoma Park	17,522	$97,872	$721,500	5.8%
82	Adelphi	17,210	$80,833	$401,700	11.7%
83	Easton	17,202	$73,460	$348,400	11.6%
84	Ferndale	17,076	$92,391	$325,400	4.5%
85	Damascus	16,864	$153,994	$496,500	1.3%
86	Aberdeen	16,831	$76,019	$239,000	8.6%
87	Cloverly	16,726	$146,316	$652,200	4.9%
88	Glenmont	16,529	$115,058	$542,300	8.4%
89	White Oak	16,458	$80,118	$520,200	15.5%
90	Elkton	15,867	$56,565	$271,700	12.3%
91	Brooklyn Park	15,799	$84,276	$258,900	5.7%
92	Hillcrest Heights	15,670	$77,696	$340,500	8.0%
93	Summerfield	15,635	$92,042	$339,800	9.0%
94	Mays Chapel	15,616	$118,462	$447,300	1.9%
95	Rossville	15,088	$91,469	$296,600	6.6%
96	Lake Arbor	14,932	$128,616	$457,800	2.5%
97	Glenn Dale	14,896	$139,625	$531,000	1.5%
98	Havre de Grace	14,857	$106,798	$348,800	4.0%
99	Bensville	14,792	$161,568	$475,800	6.4%
100	Kemp Mill	14,437	$160,750	$567,300	6.8%

What to do with Maryland's city data

479 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Baltimore is Maryland's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major MD metro. Baltimore profile
11 tracked cities in Maryland sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Maryland cities
See how Maryland's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 479 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Maryland on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 5,166,945.

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Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $108,785. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Maryland?

PlainCities profiles 479 cities and towns in Maryland, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Maryland?

Baltimore is the largest tracked city in Maryland, with a population of 577,193.

What is the average household income in Maryland?

Across the 479 tracked cities in Maryland, the average median household income is $108,785. Individual cities vary widely - 11 tracked cities in Maryland sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Maryland?

The average poverty rate across Maryland's tracked cities is 6.8%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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Largest Cities in Maryland

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Largest cities in Maryland

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