Carney vs Lochearn

A side-by-side comparison of Carney and Lochearn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carney has the higher population (28,624 vs 27,591 in Lochearn). Carney has the higher median household income ($84,619 vs $76,256 in Lochearn). Carney has the higher median home value ($299,200 vs $265,200 in Lochearn).

Population, income & housing

	Carney	Lochearn
Population	28,624	27,591
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,619	$76,256
Median home value	$299,200	$265,200
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,433
Housing units	13,162	11,044
Homeownership rate	60.5%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carney	Lochearn
Population	30,289 → 28,624 (-5.5%)	25,771 → 27,591 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$66,776 → $84,619 (+26.7%)	$64,392 → $76,256 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$244,600 → $299,200 (+22.3%)	$206,600 → $265,200 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,464 → $1,786 (+22.0%)	$1,186 → $1,433 (+20.8%)

Carney

Population

30,28928,624

Median household income

$66,776$84,619

Median home value

$244,600$299,200

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,786

Lochearn

Population

25,77127,591

Median household income

$64,392$76,256

Median home value

$206,600$265,200

Median gross rent

$1,186$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carney	Lochearn
Under 5	5.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.1%
75 and over	13.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carney	Lochearn
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	9.5%
Black or African American	18.4%	73.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	9.4%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carney	Lochearn
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	24.0%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carney	Lochearn
Drove alone	78.9%	73.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.6%	4.8%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.0%
Other means	1.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carney	Lochearn
1-unit, detached	38.7%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	24.0%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	19.1%
20 or more units	15.6%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Carney	Lochearn
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1980	1963