Frederick vs Urbana

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

Frederick and Urbana 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 13,897 in Urbana). Urbana has the higher median household income ($178,231 vs $95,150 in Frederick). Urbana has the higher median home value ($596,400 vs $365,200 in Frederick).

Population, income & housing

	Frederick	Urbana
Population	80,617	13,897
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,150	$178,231
Median home value	$365,200	$596,400
Median gross rent	$1,688	$2,571
Housing units	34,181	4,341
Homeownership rate	59.2%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	65.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frederick	Urbana
Population	70,887 → 80,617 (+13.7%)	12,587 → 13,897 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$76,118 → $95,150 (+25.0%)	$155,000 → $178,231 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$270,400 → $365,200 (+35.1%)	$524,100 → $596,400 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,396 → $1,688 (+20.9%)	$2,254 → $2,571 (+14.1%)

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

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)

	Frederick	Urbana
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	27.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.7%
75 and over	5.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frederick	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	46.5%
Black or African American	16.7%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	5.5%	18.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frederick	Urbana
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	21.8%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frederick	Urbana
Drove alone	70.6%	65.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.3%
Walked	2.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.0%	26.6%
Other means	2.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frederick	Urbana
1-unit, detached	31.3%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	32.3%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	8.3%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frederick	Urbana
Poverty rate	9.4%	1.4%
Average household size	2.45	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1990	2007