Arnold vs Ferndale

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

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

Arnold has the higher population (23,866 vs 17,076 in Ferndale). Arnold has the higher median household income ($137,799 vs $92,391 in Ferndale). Arnold has the higher median home value ($547,800 vs $325,400 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Ferndale
Population	23,866	17,076
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$137,799	$92,391
Median home value	$547,800	$325,400
Median gross rent	$2,177	$1,708
Housing units	8,989	6,719
Homeownership rate	85.6%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Ferndale
Population	23,406 → 23,866 (+2.0%)	17,208 → 17,076 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$126,310 → $137,799 (+9.1%)	$72,168 → $92,391 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$441,300 → $547,800 (+24.1%)	$247,800 → $325,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,927 → $2,177 (+13.0%)	$1,378 → $1,708 (+23.9%)

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

Ferndale

Population

17,20817,076

Median household income

$72,168$92,391

Median home value

$247,800$325,400

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Ferndale
Under 5	5.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	17.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.4%
75 and over	6.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Ferndale
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	55.9%
Black or African American	4.4%	24.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	3.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.8%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Ferndale
No high school diploma	2.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	11.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Ferndale
Drove alone	70.3%	68.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	18.0%
Public transit	0.4%	1.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.2%	10.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Ferndale
1-unit, detached	69.1%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	18.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Ferndale
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1980	1971