Lake Shore vs Parole

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

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

Lake Shore has the higher population (18,263 vs 17,910 in Parole). Lake Shore has the higher median household income ($127,453 vs $119,591 in Parole). Parole has the higher median home value ($521,100 vs $471,500 in Lake Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Shore	Parole
Population	18,263	17,910
Median age	42.2 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,453	$119,591
Median home value	$471,500	$521,100
Median gross rent	$1,793	$2,187
Housing units	7,422	10,037
Homeownership rate	91.0%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Shore	Parole
Population	19,791 → 18,263 (-7.7%)	17,074 → 17,910 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$108,904 → $127,453 (+17.0%)	$104,006 → $119,591 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$382,500 → $471,500 (+23.3%)	$454,300 → $521,100 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,737 → $1,793 (+3.2%)	$1,877 → $2,187 (+16.5%)

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

Parole

Population

17,07417,910

Median household income

$104,006$119,591

Median home value

$454,300$521,100

Median gross rent

$1,877$2,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Shore	Parole
Under 5	4.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.3%
75 and over	6.6%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Shore	Parole
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	79.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Shore	Parole
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Shore	Parole
Drove alone	81.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	20.9%
Other means	0.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Shore	Parole
1-unit, detached	81.9%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	17.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Shore	Parole
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.63	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1978	1992