Maryland City vs Parole

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

Maryland City and Parole 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 17,910 in Parole). Parole has the higher median household income ($119,591 vs $109,530 in Maryland City). Parole has the higher median home value ($521,100 vs $392,500 in Maryland City).

Population, income & housing

	Maryland City	Parole
Population	18,669	17,910
Median age	35.6 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$109,530	$119,591
Median home value	$392,500	$521,100
Median gross rent	$2,199	$2,187
Housing units	7,514	10,037
Homeownership rate	59.8%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.1%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maryland City	Parole
Population	17,513 → 18,669 (+6.6%)	17,074 → 17,910 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$103,112 → $109,530 (+6.2%)	$104,006 → $119,591 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$315,500 → $392,500 (+24.4%)	$454,300 → $521,100 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,824 → $2,199 (+20.6%)	$1,877 → $2,187 (+16.5%)

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

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)

	Maryland City	Parole
Under 5	7.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	7.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	3.4%	16.3%
75 and over	3.3%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maryland City	Parole
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	79.7%
Black or African American	43.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maryland City	Parole
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	21.2%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.2%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maryland City	Parole
Drove alone	72.6%	68.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.9%
Public transit	3.3%	4.3%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	20.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maryland City	Parole
1-unit, detached	31.3%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	36.2%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	17.6%
20 or more units	9.0%	21.6%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Maryland City	Parole
Poverty rate	10.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.53	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1992	1992