Deale vs Herald Harbor

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

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

Deale has the higher population (5,182 vs 2,507 in Herald Harbor). Herald Harbor has the higher median household income ($139,877 vs $123,176 in Deale). Herald Harbor has the higher median home value ($562,900 vs $407,400 in Deale).

Population, income & housing

	Deale	Herald Harbor
Population	5,182	2,507
Median age	44.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$123,176	$139,877
Median home value	$407,400	$562,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,135
Housing units	2,136	1,054
Homeownership rate	92.9%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deale	Herald Harbor
Population	4,706 → 5,182 (+10.1%)	2,747 → 2,507 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$95,545 → $123,176 (+28.9%)	$128,065 → $139,877 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$341,900 → $407,400 (+19.2%)	$464,300 → $562,900 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,537 → $2,115 (+37.6%)	$1,163 → $2,135 (+83.6%)

Deale

Population

4,7065,182

Median household income

$95,545$123,176

Median home value

$341,900$407,400

Median gross rent

$1,537$2,115

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)

	Deale	Herald Harbor
Under 5	4.7%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	17.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	21.1%	19.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.0%
75 and over	4.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deale	Herald Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	78.8%
Black or African American	3.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.7%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deale	Herald Harbor
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deale	Herald Harbor
Drove alone	66.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.3%
Public transit	2.9%	0.9%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	18.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deale	Herald Harbor
1-unit, detached	98.1%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deale	Herald Harbor
Poverty rate	3.9%	1.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	46	30
Median year structure built	1977	1984