Lake Shore vs Maryland City

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Shore and Maryland City: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Shore and Maryland City are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Maryland City has the higher population (18,669 vs 18,263 in Lake Shore). Lake Shore has the higher median household income ($127,453 vs $109,530 in Maryland City). Lake Shore has the higher median home value ($471,500 vs $392,500 in Maryland City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Shore	Maryland City
Population	18,263	18,669
Median age	42.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,453	$109,530
Median home value	$471,500	$392,500
Median gross rent	$1,793	$2,199
Housing units	7,422	7,514
Homeownership rate	91.0%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Shore	Maryland City
Population	19,791 → 18,263 (-7.7%)	17,513 → 18,669 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$108,904 → $127,453 (+17.0%)	$103,112 → $109,530 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$382,500 → $471,500 (+23.3%)	$315,500 → $392,500 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,737 → $1,793 (+3.2%)	$1,824 → $2,199 (+20.6%)

Lake Shore

Population

19,79118,263

Median household income

$108,904$127,453

Median home value

$382,500$471,500

Median gross rent

$1,737$1,793

Maryland City

Population

17,51318,669

Median household income

$103,112$109,530

Median home value

$315,500$392,500

Median gross rent

$1,824$2,199

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Shore	Maryland City
Under 5	4.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	3.4%
75 and over	6.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Shore	Maryland City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	24.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Shore	Maryland City
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Shore	Maryland City
Drove alone	81.8%	72.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	16.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Shore	Maryland City
1-unit, detached	81.9%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	36.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	15.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Shore	Maryland City
Poverty rate	3.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1978	1992