Herald Harbor vs Naval Academy

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

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

Herald Harbor has the higher population (2,507 vs 1,592 in Naval Academy). Herald Harbor has the higher median household income ($139,877 vs $120,347 in Naval Academy). Since 2019, Herald Harbor's population has grown faster (-8.7% vs -73.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Herald Harbor	Naval Academy
Population	2,507	1,592
Median age	43.0 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$139,877	$120,347
Median home value	$562,900	—
Median gross rent	$2,135	$2,715
Housing units	1,054	176
Homeownership rate	93.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herald Harbor	Naval Academy
Population	2,747 → 2,507 (-8.7%)	5,970 → 1,592 (-73.3%)
Median household income	$128,065 → $139,877 (+9.2%)	$101,250 → $120,347 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$464,300 → $562,900 (+21.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,135 (+83.6%)	$2,229 → $2,715 (+21.8%)

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

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)

	Herald Harbor	Naval Academy
Under 5	1.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	4.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	57.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	20.9%
35 to 44	17.2%	5.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	2.8%
55 to 64	19.6%	0.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	1.4%
75 and over	4.3%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herald Harbor	Naval Academy
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	58.5%
Black or African American	3.4%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.3%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herald Harbor	Naval Academy
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	12.6%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herald Harbor	Naval Academy
Drove alone	76.3%	45.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.9%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	36.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herald Harbor	Naval Academy
1-unit, detached	97.0%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	40.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	49.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Herald Harbor	Naval Academy
Poverty rate	1.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	9
Median year structure built	1984	1938