Annapolis vs Arnold

A side-by-side comparison of Annapolis and Arnold: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Annapolis has the higher population (40,744 vs 23,866 in Arnold). Arnold has the higher median household income ($137,799 vs $104,257 in Annapolis). Arnold has the higher median home value ($547,800 vs $510,200 in Annapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Annapolis	Arnold
Population	40,744	23,866
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,257	$137,799
Median home value	$510,200	$547,800
Median gross rent	$1,855	$2,177
Housing units	19,186	8,989
Homeownership rate	59.8%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Annapolis	Arnold
Population	39,278 → 40,744 (+3.7%)	23,406 → 23,866 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$85,636 → $104,257 (+21.7%)	$126,310 → $137,799 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$420,500 → $510,200 (+21.3%)	$441,300 → $547,800 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $1,855 (+17.2%)	$1,927 → $2,177 (+13.0%)

Annapolis

Population

39,27840,744

Median household income

$85,636$104,257

Median home value

$420,500$510,200

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,855

Arnold

Population

23,40623,866

Median household income

$126,310$137,799

Median home value

$441,300$547,800

Median gross rent

$1,927$2,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Annapolis	Arnold
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Annapolis	Arnold
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	75.3%
Black or African American	18.5%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Annapolis	Arnold
No high school diploma	10.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Annapolis	Arnold
Drove alone	64.5%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	6.1%
Public transit	4.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.4%	21.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Annapolis	Arnold
1-unit, detached	39.2%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	24.2%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	10.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Annapolis	Arnold
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1974	1980