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Sykesville town, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
Sykesville town is a Census town of 4,491 people across 1.60 square miles of land, in Carroll County. Median household income is $139,556, 77.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 53 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $22.5 m.
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Sykesville
What Sykesville is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.6 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,810
- County holding the largest share of its areaCarroll County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sykesville
How many people live in Sykesville
- Population4,491
- Median age34.8
- Population under 181,337 plus or minus 330
- Share under 1829.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Population 65 and over595 plus or minus 158
- Share 65 and over13.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Households1,446
- Family households1,187
- Share of households that are families82.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sykesville
Income and work in Sykesville
- Median household income$139,556
- Per capita income$51,837
- Civilian labor force2,505
- Employed2,448
- Unemployed57 plus or minus 51
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over2,702
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher56.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sykesville
Housing in Sykesville
- Housing units1,597
- Occupied units1,446
- Vacant units151 plus or minus 102
- Vacancy rate9.5 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied1,121
- Renter occupied325 plus or minus 141
- Ownership rate77.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$453,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,828
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.7 percent
- Single family units1,355 plus or minus 271
- Share single family84.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more237 plus or minus 132
- Share in buildings of two or more14.8 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Mobile homes5 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sykesville
How Sykesville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,141
- Commuting under 15 minutes288 plus or minus 136
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.5 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,272
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more59.4 percent
- Drove alone85.2 percent
- Carpooled3.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home10.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sykesville
SBA loans in Sykesville (7(a))
- Approvals53
- Gross approval$22,499,400
- Average approval$424,517
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,220,500
- Largest approval$3,120,000
- Jobs supported862
- Jobs per approval16.3
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full9
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans18.2 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises11.3 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS36
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sykesville
SBA loans in Sykesville (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$4,065,000
- Average approval$1,016,250
- Median approval$783,000
- Largest approval$2,452,000
- Jobs supported51
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carroll County, not Sykesville
Carroll County context, not Sykesville figures
These are Carroll County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sykesville measurements.
- Establishments in Carroll County4,279
- Employment at those establishments, Carroll County53,981
- Covered employment, Carroll County59,195
- Average annual pay, Carroll County$57,405
- Average weekly wage, Carroll County$1,104
- Housing units permitted, Carroll County156
- Of those, single family, Carroll County144
- County product, 2024, Carroll County$8,877,387,000
- County product change over the prior year, Carroll County5.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Carroll County$86,366
Every figure in this section is published for Carroll County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sykesville. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sykesville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sykesville, Maryland?
4,491, in 1,446 households. Sykesville town covers 1.60 square miles of land, which is 2,810 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sykesville in?
Carroll County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sykesville?
$139,556. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $453,400. Median gross rent is $1,828 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sykesville businesses?
53 7(a) approvals totalling $22.5 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $4.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sykesville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sykesville borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 9 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 18.2 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Sykesville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Carroll County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sykesville.
Is zoning published for Sykesville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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