Deale vs Shady Side

A side-by-side comparison of Deale and Shady Side: population, income, housing, and more.

Deale and Shady Side 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 4,460 in Shady Side). Shady Side has the higher median household income ($138,346 vs $123,176 in Deale). Shady Side has the higher median home value ($446,800 vs $407,400 in Deale).

Population, income & housing

	Deale	Shady Side
Population	5,182	4,460
Median age	44.7 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$123,176	$138,346
Median home value	$407,400	$446,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,204
Housing units	2,136	2,295
Homeownership rate	92.9%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deale	Shady Side
Population	4,706 → 5,182 (+10.1%)	5,423 → 4,460 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$95,545 → $123,176 (+28.9%)	$108,333 → $138,346 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$341,900 → $407,400 (+19.2%)	$321,600 → $446,800 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,537 → $2,115 (+37.6%)	$1,929 → $2,204 (+14.3%)

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

Shady Side

Population

5,4234,460

Median household income

$108,333$138,346

Median home value

$321,600$446,800

Median gross rent

$1,929$2,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deale	Shady Side
Under 5	4.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.6%
75 and over	4.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deale	Shady Side
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deale	Shady Side
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deale	Shady Side
Drove alone	66.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.3%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deale	Shady Side
1-unit, detached	98.1%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Deale	Shady Side
Poverty rate	3.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	46	38
Median year structure built	1977	1980