Carney vs Reisterstown

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

Carney and Reisterstown 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 27,764 in Reisterstown). Carney has the higher median household income ($84,619 vs $79,812 in Reisterstown). Reisterstown has the higher median home value ($332,300 vs $299,200 in Carney).

Population, income & housing

	Carney	Reisterstown
Population	28,624	27,764
Median age	39.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,619	$79,812
Median home value	$299,200	$332,300
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,599
Housing units	13,162	11,153
Homeownership rate	60.5%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carney	Reisterstown
Population	30,289 → 28,624 (-5.5%)	27,007 → 27,764 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$66,776 → $84,619 (+26.7%)	$70,507 → $79,812 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$244,600 → $299,200 (+22.3%)	$240,000 → $332,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,464 → $1,786 (+22.0%)	$1,331 → $1,599 (+20.1%)

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

Reisterstown

Population

27,00727,764

Median household income

$70,507$79,812

Median home value

$240,000$332,300

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carney	Reisterstown
Under 5	5.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.3%
75 and over	13.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carney	Reisterstown
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	39.8%
Black or African American	18.4%	39.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carney	Reisterstown
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	24.0%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carney	Reisterstown
Drove alone	78.9%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.6%
Public transit	0.6%	3.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	14.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carney	Reisterstown
1-unit, detached	38.7%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	24.0%	18.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	25.2%
20 or more units	15.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carney	Reisterstown
Poverty rate	9.9%	11.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1980	1980