Baltimore Highlands vs Garrison

A side-by-side comparison of Baltimore Highlands and Garrison: population, income, housing, and more.

Baltimore Highlands and Garrison are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garrison has the higher population (10,449 vs 8,564 in Baltimore Highlands). Garrison has the higher median household income ($96,916 vs $64,284 in Baltimore Highlands). Garrison has the higher median home value ($297,600 vs $258,000 in Baltimore Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Baltimore Highlands	Garrison
Population	8,564	10,449
Median age	33.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,284	$96,916
Median home value	$258,000	$297,600
Median gross rent	$1,352	$2,019
Housing units	3,134	3,984
Homeownership rate	52.9%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baltimore Highlands	Garrison
Population	7,944 → 8,564 (+7.8%)	8,309 → 10,449 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$56,637 → $64,284 (+13.5%)	$82,700 → $96,916 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $258,000 (+34.2%)	$254,500 → $297,600 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,116 → $1,352 (+21.1%)	$1,496 → $2,019 (+35.0%)

Baltimore Highlands

Population

7,9448,564

Median household income

$56,637$64,284

Median home value

$192,300$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,352

Garrison

Population

8,30910,449

Median household income

$82,700$96,916

Median home value

$254,500$297,600

Median gross rent

$1,496$2,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Garrison
Under 5	9.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.3%
75 and over	3.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Garrison
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	51.2%
Black or African American	26.3%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baltimore Highlands	Garrison
No high school diploma	26.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Garrison
Drove alone	68.2%	63.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	5.8%
Public transit	13.0%	5.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	17.4%
Other means	2.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baltimore Highlands	Garrison
1-unit, detached	43.6%	16.2%
1-unit, attached	44.5%	27.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	35.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baltimore Highlands	Garrison
Poverty rate	22.6%	10.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1961	1990