Arden on the Severn vs Friendship

A side-by-side comparison of Arden on the Severn and Friendship: population, income, housing, and more.

Arden on the Severn and Friendship are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arden on the Severn has the higher population (1,691 vs 336 in Friendship). Friendship has the higher median home value ($644,200 vs $475,600 in Arden on the Severn). Since 2019, Friendship's population has grown faster (+14.3% vs -10.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Arden on the Severn	Friendship
Population	1,691	336
Median age	57.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$117,188	—
Median home value	$475,600	$644,200
Housing units	811	136
Homeownership rate	83.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden on the Severn	Friendship
Population	1,880 → 1,691 (-10.1%)	294 → 336 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$127,315 → $117,188 (-8.0%)	$93,500 → $110,870 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$363,900 → $475,600 (+30.7%)	$625,000 → $644,200 (+3.1%)

Arden on the Severn

Population

1,8801,691

Median household income

$127,315$117,188

Median home value

$363,900$475,600

Friendship

Population

294336

Median household income

$93,500$110,870

Median home value

$625,000$644,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden on the Severn	Friendship
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	23.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	3.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	20.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	21.0%	26.2%
75 and over	12.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden on the Severn	Friendship
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	86.9%
Black or African American	13.1%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden on the Severn	Friendship
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.9%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden on the Severn	Friendship
Drove alone	83.8%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	13.1%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden on the Severn	Friendship
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arden on the Severn	Friendship
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1974	1982