Ballenger Creek vs Urbana

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

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

Ballenger Creek has the higher population (25,866 vs 13,897 in Urbana). Urbana has the higher median household income ($178,231 vs $108,385 in Ballenger Creek). Urbana has the higher median home value ($596,400 vs $369,800 in Ballenger Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Ballenger Creek	Urbana
Population	25,866	13,897
Median age	34.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,385	$178,231
Median home value	$369,800	$596,400
Median gross rent	$1,913	$2,571
Housing units	9,934	4,341
Homeownership rate	67.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	65.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballenger Creek	Urbana
Population	21,080 → 25,866 (+22.7%)	12,587 → 13,897 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$91,143 → $108,385 (+18.9%)	$155,000 → $178,231 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$267,300 → $369,800 (+38.3%)	$524,100 → $596,400 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $1,913 (+19.9%)	$2,254 → $2,571 (+14.1%)

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

Urbana

Population

12,58713,897

Median household income

$155,000$178,231

Median home value

$524,100$596,400

Median gross rent

$2,254$2,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Urbana
Under 5	8.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	27.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	19.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	5.5%	5.7%
75 and over	3.8%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	46.5%
Black or African American	20.2%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	10.0%	18.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballenger Creek	Urbana
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	23.2%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Urbana
Drove alone	68.5%	65.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.4%	26.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Urbana
1-unit, detached	23.8%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	6.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballenger Creek	Urbana
Poverty rate	11.9%	1.4%
Average household size	2.64	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1998	2007