Sykesville, Maryland

Population

Growing. Up 6.4% since 2020.

4,602

people, the 49th-largest of Maryland's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Maryland's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.4%

of 1,298 jobs located in Sykesville are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 90% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,828

a month. Maryland's median is $1,705.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $1,059.

A $1,059 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Carroll County.

• $1,290 Tract 5077.02
• $2,349 Tract 5077.03

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$1,281–$1,922

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,828 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 88% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.8% to the 1,597 homes here.

3–13

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 8% more than Maryland's.

$453,400

median home value in Sykesville.

• $453,400 Sykesville
• $419,900 Maryland
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year