Gambrills vs Herald Harbor

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

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

Gambrills has the higher population (2,862 vs 2,507 in Herald Harbor). Gambrills has the higher median household income ($151,667 vs $139,877 in Herald Harbor). Gambrills has the higher median home value ($584,400 vs $562,900 in Herald Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Gambrills	Herald Harbor
Population	2,862	2,507
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$151,667	$139,877
Median home value	$584,400	$562,900
Median gross rent	$1,867	$2,135
Housing units	979	1,054
Homeownership rate	90.3%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gambrills	Herald Harbor
Population	2,837 → 2,862 (+0.9%)	2,747 → 2,507 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$138,350 → $151,667 (+9.6%)	$128,065 → $139,877 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$444,300 → $584,400 (+31.5%)	$464,300 → $562,900 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,867 (+35.8%)	$1,163 → $2,135 (+83.6%)

Gambrills

Population

2,8372,862

Median household income

$138,350$151,667

Median home value

$444,300$584,400

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,867

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)

	Gambrills	Herald Harbor
Under 5	5.7%	1.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	17.2%
45 to 54	16.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	19.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	11.0%
75 and over	7.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gambrills	Herald Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	78.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	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	11.3%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gambrills	Herald Harbor
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.8%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gambrills	Herald Harbor
Drove alone	65.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	18.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gambrills	Herald Harbor
1-unit, detached	94.5%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gambrills	Herald Harbor
Poverty rate	6.3%	1.6%
Average household size	3.02	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1985	1984