Parkville vs Reisterstown

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

Parkville and Reisterstown 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 27,764 in Reisterstown). Reisterstown has the higher median household income ($79,812 vs $78,405 in Parkville). Reisterstown has the higher median home value ($332,300 vs $251,100 in Parkville).

Population, income & housing

	Parkville	Reisterstown
Population	30,423	27,764
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,405	$79,812
Median home value	$251,100	$332,300
Median gross rent	$1,471	$1,599
Housing units	13,659	11,153
Homeownership rate	63.1%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkville	Reisterstown
Population	31,451 → 30,423 (-3.3%)	27,007 → 27,764 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$66,363 → $78,405 (+18.1%)	$70,507 → $79,812 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$202,400 → $251,100 (+24.1%)	$240,000 → $332,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,471 (+19.4%)	$1,331 → $1,599 (+20.1%)

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

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)

	Parkville	Reisterstown
Under 5	6.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.3%
75 and over	5.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkville	Reisterstown
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	39.8%
Black or African American	36.7%	39.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkville	Reisterstown
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkville	Reisterstown
Drove alone	75.9%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.6%
Public transit	3.0%	3.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	14.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkville	Reisterstown
1-unit, detached	42.3%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	18.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	25.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parkville	Reisterstown
Poverty rate	8.1%	11.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1957	1980