Arnold vs Parole

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

Arnold and Parole 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 17,910 in Parole). Arnold has the higher median household income ($137,799 vs $119,591 in Parole). Arnold has the higher median home value ($547,800 vs $521,100 in Parole).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Parole
Population	23,866	17,910
Median age	38.2 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,799	$119,591
Median home value	$547,800	$521,100
Median gross rent	$2,177	$2,187
Housing units	8,989	10,037
Homeownership rate	85.6%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Parole
Population	23,406 → 23,866 (+2.0%)	17,074 → 17,910 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$126,310 → $137,799 (+9.1%)	$104,006 → $119,591 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$441,300 → $547,800 (+24.1%)	$454,300 → $521,100 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,927 → $2,177 (+13.0%)	$1,877 → $2,187 (+16.5%)

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

Parole

Population

17,07417,910

Median household income

$104,006$119,591

Median home value

$454,300$521,100

Median gross rent

$1,877$2,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Parole
Under 5	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	7.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	16.3%
75 and over	6.2%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Parole
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	79.7%
Black or African American	4.4%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Parole
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	11.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Parole
Drove alone	70.3%	68.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.9%
Public transit	0.4%	4.3%
Walked	0.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	20.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Parole
1-unit, detached	69.1%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	17.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Parole
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.77	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1980	1992