Carney vs Middle River

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

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

Middle River has the higher population (31,616 vs 28,624 in Carney). Carney has the higher median household income ($84,619 vs $74,198 in Middle River). Carney has the higher median home value ($299,200 vs $251,200 in Middle River).

Population, income & housing

	Carney	Middle River
Population	28,624	31,616
Median age	39.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,619	$74,198
Median home value	$299,200	$251,200
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,639
Housing units	13,162	13,199
Homeownership rate	60.5%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carney	Middle River
Population	30,289 → 28,624 (-5.5%)	25,129 → 31,616 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$66,776 → $84,619 (+26.7%)	$57,621 → $74,198 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$244,600 → $299,200 (+22.3%)	$168,300 → $251,200 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,464 → $1,786 (+22.0%)	$1,222 → $1,639 (+34.1%)

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

Middle River

Population

25,12931,616

Median household income

$57,621$74,198

Median home value

$168,300$251,200

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carney	Middle River
Under 5	5.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.9%
75 and over	13.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carney	Middle River
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	52.9%
Black or African American	18.4%	30.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	9.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carney	Middle River
No high school diploma	8.2%	12.7%
High school graduate	24.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carney	Middle River
Drove alone	78.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.6%	3.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.2%
Other means	1.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carney	Middle River
1-unit, detached	38.7%	40.8%
1-unit, attached	24.0%	30.9%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	9.5%
20 or more units	15.6%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Carney	Middle River
Poverty rate	9.9%	16.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1980	1982