Gambrills vs Naval Academy

A side-by-side comparison of Gambrills and Naval Academy: population, income, housing, and more.

Gambrills and Naval Academy 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 1,592 in Naval Academy). Gambrills has the higher median household income ($151,667 vs $120,347 in Naval Academy). Since 2019, Gambrills's population has grown faster (+0.9% vs -73.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Gambrills	Naval Academy
Population	2,862	1,592
Median age	42.3 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$151,667	$120,347
Median home value	$584,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,867	$2,715
Housing units	979	176
Homeownership rate	90.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gambrills	Naval Academy
Population	2,837 → 2,862 (+0.9%)	5,970 → 1,592 (-73.3%)
Median household income	$138,350 → $151,667 (+9.6%)	$101,250 → $120,347 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$444,300 → $584,400 (+31.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,867 (+35.8%)	$2,229 → $2,715 (+21.8%)

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

Naval Academy

Population

5,9701,592

Median household income

$101,250$120,347

Median gross rent

$2,229$2,715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gambrills	Naval Academy
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	4.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	57.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	20.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	5.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	2.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	0.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	1.4%
75 and over	7.7%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gambrills	Naval Academy
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	58.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gambrills	Naval Academy
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	21.8%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gambrills	Naval Academy
Drove alone	65.6%	45.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.9%	1.0%
Walked	0.4%	36.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gambrills	Naval Academy
1-unit, detached	94.5%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	40.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	49.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gambrills	Naval Academy
Poverty rate	6.3%	0.0%
Average household size	3.02	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	9
Median year structure built	1985	1938