Ferndale vs Parole

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

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

Parole has the higher population (17,910 vs 17,076 in Ferndale). Parole has the higher median household income ($119,591 vs $92,391 in Ferndale). Parole has the higher median home value ($521,100 vs $325,400 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Parole
Population	17,076	17,910
Median age	35.1 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,391	$119,591
Median home value	$325,400	$521,100
Median gross rent	$1,708	$2,187
Housing units	6,719	10,037
Homeownership rate	64.2%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Parole
Population	17,208 → 17,076 (-0.8%)	17,074 → 17,910 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$72,168 → $92,391 (+28.0%)	$104,006 → $119,591 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$247,800 → $325,400 (+31.3%)	$454,300 → $521,100 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,708 (+23.9%)	$1,877 → $2,187 (+16.5%)

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

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)

	Ferndale	Parole
Under 5	8.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	7.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.3%
75 and over	6.8%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Parole
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	79.7%
Black or African American	24.9%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Parole
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Parole
Drove alone	68.7%	68.4%
Carpooled	18.0%	2.9%
Public transit	1.7%	4.3%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	20.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Parole
1-unit, detached	58.2%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	17.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Parole
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.61	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1971	1992