Arden on the Severn vs Galesville

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

Arden on the Severn and Galesville 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 1,206 in Galesville). Galesville has the higher median household income ($187,656 vs $117,188 in Arden on the Severn). Galesville has the higher median home value ($683,800 vs $475,600 in Arden on the Severn).

Population, income & housing

	Arden on the Severn	Galesville
Population	1,691	1,206
Median age	57.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$117,188	$187,656
Median home value	$475,600	$683,800
Housing units	811	438
Homeownership rate	83.4%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden on the Severn	Galesville
Population	1,880 → 1,691 (-10.1%)	645 → 1,206 (+87.0%)
Median household income	$127,315 → $117,188 (-8.0%)	$76,429 → $187,656 (+145.5%)
Median home value	$363,900 → $475,600 (+30.7%)	$586,300 → $683,800 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,317 → $1,411 (+7.1%)

Arden on the Severn

Population

1,8801,691

Median household income

$127,315$117,188

Median home value

$363,900$475,600

Galesville

Population

6451,206

Median household income

$76,429$187,656

Median home value

$586,300$683,800

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden on the Severn	Galesville
Under 5	1.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	7.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	2.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	28.4%
55 to 64	20.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	21.0%	21.6%
75 and over	12.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden on the Severn	Galesville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	16.7%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden on the Severn	Galesville
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden on the Severn	Galesville
Drove alone	83.8%	51.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	45.6%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden on the Severn	Galesville
1-unit, detached	97.5%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arden on the Severn	Galesville
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	39
Median year structure built	1974	1957