Ferndale vs Maryland City

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

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

Maryland City has the higher population (18,669 vs 17,076 in Ferndale). Maryland City has the higher median household income ($109,530 vs $92,391 in Ferndale). Maryland City has the higher median home value ($392,500 vs $325,400 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Maryland City
Population	17,076	18,669
Median age	35.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,391	$109,530
Median home value	$325,400	$392,500
Median gross rent	$1,708	$2,199
Housing units	6,719	7,514
Homeownership rate	64.2%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Maryland City
Population	17,208 → 17,076 (-0.8%)	17,513 → 18,669 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$72,168 → $92,391 (+28.0%)	$103,112 → $109,530 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$247,800 → $325,400 (+31.3%)	$315,500 → $392,500 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,708 (+23.9%)	$1,824 → $2,199 (+20.6%)

Ferndale

Population

17,20817,076

Median household income

$72,168$92,391

Median home value

$247,800$325,400

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,708

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)

	Ferndale	Maryland City
Under 5	8.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	3.4%
75 and over	6.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Maryland City
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	24.0%
Black or African American	24.9%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Maryland City
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Maryland City
Drove alone	68.7%	72.6%
Carpooled	18.0%	5.9%
Public transit	1.7%	3.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	16.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Maryland City
1-unit, detached	58.2%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	36.2%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	15.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Maryland City
Poverty rate	4.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1971	1992