Arnold vs Maryland City

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

Arnold and Maryland City 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 18,669 in Maryland City). Arnold has the higher median household income ($137,799 vs $109,530 in Maryland City). Arnold has the higher median home value ($547,800 vs $392,500 in Maryland City).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Maryland City
Population	23,866	18,669
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$137,799	$109,530
Median home value	$547,800	$392,500
Median gross rent	$2,177	$2,199
Housing units	8,989	7,514
Homeownership rate	85.6%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Maryland City
Population	23,406 → 23,866 (+2.0%)	17,513 → 18,669 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$126,310 → $137,799 (+9.1%)	$103,112 → $109,530 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$441,300 → $547,800 (+24.1%)	$315,500 → $392,500 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,927 → $2,177 (+13.0%)	$1,824 → $2,199 (+20.6%)

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

Maryland City

Population

17,51318,669

Median household income

$103,112$109,530

Median home value

$315,500$392,500

Median gross rent

$1,824$2,199

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Maryland City
Under 5	5.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.4%
75 and over	6.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Maryland City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	24.0%
Black or African American	4.4%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Maryland City
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	11.3%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Maryland City
Drove alone	70.3%	72.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.4%	3.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	16.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Maryland City
1-unit, detached	69.1%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	36.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Maryland City
Poverty rate	3.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1980	1992