Cumberland vs La Vale

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland and La Vale: population, income, housing, and more.

Cumberland and La Vale are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cumberland has the higher population (18,938 vs 4,388 in La Vale). La Vale has the higher median household income ($77,634 vs $47,819 in Cumberland). La Vale has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $120,800 in Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland	La Vale
Population	18,938	4,388
Median age	41.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,819	$77,634
Median home value	$120,800	$171,300
Median gross rent	$728	$923
Housing units	10,355	2,077
Homeownership rate	58.3%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland	La Vale
Population	19,650 → 18,938 (-3.6%)	3,429 → 4,388 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$36,145 → $47,819 (+32.3%)	$67,382 → $77,634 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $120,800 (+28.4%)	$157,100 → $171,300 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $728 (+10.0%)	$758 → $923 (+21.8%)

Cumberland

Population

19,65018,938

Median household income

$36,145$47,819

Median home value

$94,100$120,800

Median gross rent

$662$728

La Vale

Population

3,4294,388

Median household income

$67,382$77,634

Median home value

$157,100$171,300

Median gross rent

$758$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland	La Vale
Under 5	4.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.4%
75 and over	12.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland	La Vale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	87.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland	La Vale
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	35.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland	La Vale
Drove alone	74.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	13.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland	La Vale
1-unit, detached	60.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland	La Vale
Poverty rate	23.5%	4.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1943	1962