Ballenger Creek vs Frederick

A side-by-side comparison of Ballenger Creek and Frederick: population, income, housing, and more.

Ballenger Creek and Frederick are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Frederick has the higher population (80,617 vs 25,866 in Ballenger Creek). Ballenger Creek has the higher median household income ($108,385 vs $95,150 in Frederick). Ballenger Creek has the higher median home value ($369,800 vs $365,200 in Frederick).

Population, income & housing

	Ballenger Creek	Frederick
Population	25,866	80,617
Median age	34.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,385	$95,150
Median home value	$369,800	$365,200
Median gross rent	$1,913	$1,688
Housing units	9,934	34,181
Homeownership rate	67.0%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballenger Creek	Frederick
Population	21,080 → 25,866 (+22.7%)	70,887 → 80,617 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$91,143 → $108,385 (+18.9%)	$76,118 → $95,150 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$267,300 → $369,800 (+38.3%)	$270,400 → $365,200 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $1,913 (+19.9%)	$1,396 → $1,688 (+20.9%)

Ballenger Creek

Population

21,08025,866

Median household income

$91,143$108,385

Median home value

$267,300$369,800

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,913

Frederick

Population

70,88780,617

Median household income

$76,118$95,150

Median home value

$270,400$365,200

Median gross rent

$1,396$1,688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Frederick
Under 5	8.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.4%
75 and over	3.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Frederick
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	51.5%
Black or African American	20.2%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	10.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballenger Creek	Frederick
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.8%
High school graduate	23.2%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Frederick
Drove alone	68.5%	70.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.3%
Public transit	1.1%	1.8%
Walked	0.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.4%	15.0%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Frederick
1-unit, detached	23.8%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	32.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	22.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ballenger Creek	Frederick
Poverty rate	11.9%	9.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1998	1990