Frederick vs Green Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Frederick and Green Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Frederick and Green Valley 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 13,187 in Green Valley). Green Valley has the higher median household income ($174,221 vs $95,150 in Frederick). Green Valley has the higher median home value ($579,100 vs $365,200 in Frederick).

Population, income & housing

	Frederick	Green Valley
Population	80,617	13,187
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,150	$174,221
Median home value	$365,200	$579,100
Median gross rent	$1,688	$2,683
Housing units	34,181	4,181
Homeownership rate	59.2%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frederick	Green Valley
Population	70,887 → 80,617 (+13.7%)	12,391 → 13,187 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$76,118 → $95,150 (+25.0%)	$145,158 → $174,221 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$270,400 → $365,200 (+35.1%)	$445,900 → $579,100 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,396 → $1,688 (+20.9%)	$2,250 → $2,683 (+19.2%)

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

Green Valley

Population

12,39113,187

Median household income

$145,158$174,221

Median home value

$445,900$579,100

Median gross rent

$2,250$2,683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frederick	Green Valley
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.8%
75 and over	5.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frederick	Green Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	80.2%
Black or African American	16.7%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frederick	Green Valley
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frederick	Green Valley
Drove alone	70.6%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	21.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frederick	Green Valley
1-unit, detached	31.3%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	32.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frederick	Green Valley
Poverty rate	9.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.45	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1990	1985