Mount Airy vs Sykesville

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Airy and Sykesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Airy and Sykesville are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Airy has the higher population (9,746 vs 4,346 in Sykesville). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($154,514 vs $135,692 in Sykesville). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $398,600 in Sykesville).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Airy	Sykesville
Population	9,746	4,346
Median age	38.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$154,514	$135,692
Median home value	$474,800	$398,600
Median gross rent	$1,939	$1,703
Housing units	3,331	1,601
Homeownership rate	93.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Airy	Sykesville
Population	9,397 → 9,746 (+3.7%)	3,939 → 4,346 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$125,365 → $154,514 (+23.3%)	$109,393 → $135,692 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$371,500 → $474,800 (+27.8%)	$379,500 → $398,600 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,939 (+22.7%)	$1,356 → $1,703 (+25.6%)

Mount Airy

Population

9,3979,746

Median household income

$125,365$154,514

Median home value

$371,500$474,800

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,939

Sykesville

Population

3,9394,346

Median household income

$109,393$135,692

Median home value

$379,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Airy	Sykesville
Under 5	7.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	6.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.9%
75 and over	5.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Airy	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	75.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Airy	Sykesville
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	14.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Airy	Sykesville
Drove alone	73.9%	85.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Airy	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	70.8%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	25.9%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Airy	Sykesville
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1995	1986