Ellicott City, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Ellicott City CDP is a small city in Maryland, with 73,737 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #7 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 42.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Ellicott City CDP earn a median of $157,891 a year, 101% above the national figure of $78,538 and 45% above the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 3.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ellicott City CDP is valued at $644,300, 112.4% above the national figure and 62% above the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,001 a month, 42.3% above the national figure, or roughly $24,012 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 72.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.