Middle River vs Parkville

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

Middle River and Parkville 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 30,423 in Parkville). Parkville has the higher median household income ($78,405 vs $74,198 in Middle River). Middle River has the higher median home value ($251,200 vs $251,100 in Parkville).

Population, income & housing

	Middle River	Parkville
Population	31,616	30,423
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,198	$78,405
Median home value	$251,200	$251,100
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,471
Housing units	13,199	13,659
Homeownership rate	65.2%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle River	Parkville
Population	25,129 → 31,616 (+25.8%)	31,451 → 30,423 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$57,621 → $74,198 (+28.8%)	$66,363 → $78,405 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $251,200 (+49.3%)	$202,400 → $251,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,639 (+34.1%)	$1,232 → $1,471 (+19.4%)

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

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)

	Middle River	Parkville
Under 5	8.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.7%
75 and over	4.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle River	Parkville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	51.5%
Black or African American	30.0%	36.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.7%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle River	Parkville
No high school diploma	12.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle River	Parkville
Drove alone	71.8%	75.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.9%
Public transit	3.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.3%
Other means	2.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle River	Parkville
1-unit, detached	40.8%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	30.9%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	19.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Middle River	Parkville
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1982	1957