Middle River vs Reisterstown

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

Middle River and Reisterstown 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 27,764 in Reisterstown). Reisterstown has the higher median household income ($79,812 vs $74,198 in Middle River). Reisterstown has the higher median home value ($332,300 vs $251,200 in Middle River).

Population, income & housing

	Middle River	Reisterstown
Population	31,616	27,764
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,198	$79,812
Median home value	$251,200	$332,300
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,599
Housing units	13,199	11,153
Homeownership rate	65.2%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle River	Reisterstown
Population	25,129 → 31,616 (+25.8%)	27,007 → 27,764 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$57,621 → $74,198 (+28.8%)	$70,507 → $79,812 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $251,200 (+49.3%)	$240,000 → $332,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,639 (+34.1%)	$1,331 → $1,599 (+20.1%)

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

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)

	Middle River	Reisterstown
Under 5	8.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.3%
75 and over	4.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle River	Reisterstown
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	39.8%
Black or African American	30.0%	39.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle River	Reisterstown
No high school diploma	12.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle River	Reisterstown
Drove alone	71.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.6%
Public transit	3.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	14.7%
Other means	2.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle River	Reisterstown
1-unit, detached	40.8%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	30.9%	18.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	25.2%
20 or more units	7.3%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middle River	Reisterstown
Poverty rate	16.2%	11.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1982	1980