Perry Hall vs Reisterstown

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

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

Perry Hall has the higher population (28,908 vs 27,764 in Reisterstown). Perry Hall has the higher median household income ($104,709 vs $79,812 in Reisterstown). Reisterstown has the higher median home value ($332,300 vs $332,000 in Perry Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Perry Hall	Reisterstown
Population	28,908	27,764
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,709	$79,812
Median home value	$332,000	$332,300
Median gross rent	$1,604	$1,599
Housing units	11,284	11,153
Homeownership rate	77.7%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry Hall	Reisterstown
Population	28,266 → 28,908 (+2.3%)	27,007 → 27,764 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$88,825 → $104,709 (+17.9%)	$70,507 → $79,812 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$265,400 → $332,000 (+25.1%)	$240,000 → $332,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,414 → $1,604 (+13.4%)	$1,331 → $1,599 (+20.1%)

Perry Hall

Population

28,26628,908

Median household income

$88,825$104,709

Median home value

$265,400$332,000

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,604

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)

	Perry Hall	Reisterstown
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.3%
75 and over	7.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry Hall	Reisterstown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	39.8%
Black or African American	14.5%	39.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.8%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry Hall	Reisterstown
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry Hall	Reisterstown
Drove alone	72.1%	70.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.6%
Public transit	2.6%	3.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	14.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry Hall	Reisterstown
1-unit, detached	48.4%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	26.4%	18.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	25.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Perry Hall	Reisterstown
Poverty rate	5.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1984	1980