Carney vs Parkville

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

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

Parkville has the higher population (30,423 vs 28,624 in Carney). Carney has the higher median household income ($84,619 vs $78,405 in Parkville). Carney has the higher median home value ($299,200 vs $251,100 in Parkville).

Population, income & housing

	Carney	Parkville
Population	28,624	30,423
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,619	$78,405
Median home value	$299,200	$251,100
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,471
Housing units	13,162	13,659
Homeownership rate	60.5%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carney	Parkville
Population	30,289 → 28,624 (-5.5%)	31,451 → 30,423 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$66,776 → $84,619 (+26.7%)	$66,363 → $78,405 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$244,600 → $299,200 (+22.3%)	$202,400 → $251,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,464 → $1,786 (+22.0%)	$1,232 → $1,471 (+19.4%)

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

Parkville

Population

31,45130,423

Median household income

$66,363$78,405

Median home value

$202,400$251,100

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carney	Parkville
Under 5	5.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.7%
75 and over	13.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carney	Parkville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	51.5%
Black or African American	18.4%	36.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	9.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carney	Parkville
No high school diploma	8.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	24.0%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carney	Parkville
Drove alone	78.9%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.6%	3.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	11.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carney	Parkville
1-unit, detached	38.7%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	24.0%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	19.0%
20 or more units	15.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Carney	Parkville
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1980	1957