Friendship vs Highland Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Friendship and Highland Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Friendship has the higher population (336 vs 80 in Highland Beach). Highland Beach has the higher median home value ($730,300 vs $644,200 in Friendship). Since 2019, Friendship's population has grown faster (+14.3% vs -12.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Highland Beach
Population	336	80
Median age	52.4 yrs	70.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$162,917
Median home value	$644,200	$730,300
Housing units	136	81
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	63.5%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Highland Beach
Population	294 → 336 (+14.3%)	91 → 80 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$93,500 → $110,870 (+18.6%)	$130,625 → $162,917 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$625,000 → $644,200 (+3.1%)	$513,900 → $730,300 (+42.1%)

Friendship

Population

294336

Median household income

$93,500$110,870

Median home value

$625,000$644,200

Highland Beach

Population

9180

Median household income

$130,625$162,917

Median home value

$513,900$730,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendship	Highland Beach
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	7.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	5.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	16.4%	2.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	26.2%	25.0%
75 and over	11.9%	38.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Highland Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	13.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	71.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Highland Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Highland Beach
Drove alone	86.9%	42.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	46.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Highland Beach
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Highland Beach
Poverty rate	3.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.47	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1982	1979