Gambrills vs Shady Side

A side-by-side comparison of Gambrills and Shady Side: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shady Side has the higher population (4,460 vs 2,862 in Gambrills). Gambrills has the higher median household income ($151,667 vs $138,346 in Shady Side). Gambrills has the higher median home value ($584,400 vs $446,800 in Shady Side).

Population, income & housing

	Gambrills	Shady Side
Population	2,862	4,460
Median age	42.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$151,667	$138,346
Median home value	$584,400	$446,800
Median gross rent	$1,867	$2,204
Housing units	979	2,295
Homeownership rate	90.3%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gambrills	Shady Side
Population	2,837 → 2,862 (+0.9%)	5,423 → 4,460 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$138,350 → $151,667 (+9.6%)	$108,333 → $138,346 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$444,300 → $584,400 (+31.5%)	$321,600 → $446,800 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,867 (+35.8%)	$1,929 → $2,204 (+14.3%)

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

Shady Side

Population

5,4234,460

Median household income

$108,333$138,346

Median home value

$321,600$446,800

Median gross rent

$1,929$2,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gambrills	Shady Side
Under 5	5.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	13.6%
75 and over	7.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gambrills	Shady Side
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	83.3%
Black or African American	6.1%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gambrills	Shady Side
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.5%
High school graduate	21.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gambrills	Shady Side
Drove alone	65.6%	77.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	12.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gambrills	Shady Side
1-unit, detached	94.5%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Gambrills	Shady Side
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.0%
Average household size	3.02	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1985	1980