Arnold vs Lake Shore

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

Arnold and Lake Shore 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 18,263 in Lake Shore). Arnold has the higher median household income ($137,799 vs $127,453 in Lake Shore). Arnold has the higher median home value ($547,800 vs $471,500 in Lake Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Lake Shore
Population	23,866	18,263
Median age	38.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$137,799	$127,453
Median home value	$547,800	$471,500
Median gross rent	$2,177	$1,793
Housing units	8,989	7,422
Homeownership rate	85.6%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Lake Shore
Population	23,406 → 23,866 (+2.0%)	19,791 → 18,263 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$126,310 → $137,799 (+9.1%)	$108,904 → $127,453 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$441,300 → $547,800 (+24.1%)	$382,500 → $471,500 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,927 → $2,177 (+13.0%)	$1,737 → $1,793 (+3.2%)

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

Lake Shore

Population

19,79118,263

Median household income

$108,904$127,453

Median home value

$382,500$471,500

Median gross rent

$1,737$1,793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Lake Shore
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.7%
75 and over	6.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Lake Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	86.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Lake Shore
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	11.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Lake Shore
Drove alone	70.3%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	13.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Lake Shore
1-unit, detached	69.1%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Lake Shore
Poverty rate	3.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1980	1978