Population

58,679

US Census ACS 2024 5-year average

Median home value

$469,000

Owner-occupied units

Towson, MD

Maryland · 39.394° N, 76.618° W · 14 sq mi

Towson is a city in Maryland, with a population of 58,679 and about 4,146 residents per square mile. The median household earns $101,320 a year, and the median home is worth $469,000.

Conditions

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Size & density

Land area

14 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

4,146

People per square mile

Rank by population

#748

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#758

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$101,320

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$1,764

Per month

Homeownership

55.6%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

25.1 min

One way

People

Median age

33.6

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

69.3%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

10.6%

Households

23,262

2.21 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 35.7^%

Professional & business services 16.3^%

Arts, food & hospitality 9.5^%

Retail trade 7.9^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Maryland

Name

Annette Lerner & family

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$5.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Chevy Chase

Source of wealth

Real estate

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Maryland · private sector

Employer

Johns Hopkins

Sector

Education & health

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in Maryland

Company

Lockheed Martin

Revenue

$71.0B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Bethesda

Ticker

LMT

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Maryland

State bird

Baltimore Oriole

State flower

Black-eyed Susan

State capital

Annapolis

Nickname

The Old Line State

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