Herald Harbor vs Shady Side

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

Herald Harbor 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 2,507 in Herald Harbor). Herald Harbor has the higher median household income ($139,877 vs $138,346 in Shady Side). Herald Harbor has the higher median home value ($562,900 vs $446,800 in Shady Side).

Population, income & housing

	Herald Harbor	Shady Side
Population	2,507	4,460
Median age	43.0 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$139,877	$138,346
Median home value	$562,900	$446,800
Median gross rent	$2,135	$2,204
Housing units	1,054	2,295
Homeownership rate	93.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herald Harbor	Shady Side
Population	2,747 → 2,507 (-8.7%)	5,423 → 4,460 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$128,065 → $139,877 (+9.2%)	$108,333 → $138,346 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$464,300 → $562,900 (+21.2%)	$321,600 → $446,800 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,135 (+83.6%)	$1,929 → $2,204 (+14.3%)

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

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)

	Herald Harbor	Shady Side
Under 5	1.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	20.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.6%
75 and over	4.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herald Harbor	Shady Side
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	83.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herald Harbor	Shady Side
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	12.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herald Harbor	Shady Side
Drove alone	76.3%	77.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herald Harbor	Shady Side
1-unit, detached	97.0%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Herald Harbor	Shady Side
Poverty rate	1.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1984	1980