Crownsville vs Herald Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Crownsville and Herald Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Herald Harbor has the higher population (2,507 vs 1,701 in Crownsville). Crownsville has the higher median household income ($146,486 vs $139,877 in Herald Harbor). Crownsville has the higher median home value ($885,600 vs $562,900 in Herald Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Crownsville	Herald Harbor
Population	1,701	2,507
Median age	54.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$146,486	$139,877
Median home value	$885,600	$562,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,135
Housing units	599	1,054
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crownsville	Herald Harbor
Population	1,530 → 1,701 (+11.2%)	2,747 → 2,507 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$90,400 → $146,486 (+62.0%)	$128,065 → $139,877 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$501,400 → $885,600 (+76.6%)	$464,300 → $562,900 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,163 → $2,135 (+83.6%)

Crownsville

Population

1,5301,701

Median household income

$90,400$146,486

Median home value

$501,400$885,600

Herald Harbor

Population

2,7472,507

Median household income

$128,065$139,877

Median home value

$464,300$562,900

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crownsville	Herald Harbor
Under 5	5.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	19.0%	19.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.0%
75 and over	14.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crownsville	Herald Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crownsville	Herald Harbor
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	16.0%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crownsville	Herald Harbor
Drove alone	74.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	18.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crownsville	Herald Harbor
1-unit, detached	92.3%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crownsville	Herald Harbor
Poverty rate	8.5%	1.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1986	1984