Aberdeen vs Edgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen and Edgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgewood has the higher population (25,170 vs 16,831 in Aberdeen). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($86,355 vs $76,019 in Aberdeen). Aberdeen has the higher median home value ($239,000 vs $234,700 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Edgewood
Population	16,831	25,170
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,019	$86,355
Median home value	$239,000	$234,700
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,435
Housing units	7,216	10,133
Homeownership rate	64.3%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Edgewood
Population	15,848 → 16,831 (+6.2%)	25,574 → 25,170 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$63,842 → $76,019 (+19.1%)	$68,952 → $86,355 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$205,900 → $239,000 (+16.1%)	$182,300 → $234,700 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,339 (+30.4%)	$1,230 → $1,435 (+16.7%)

Aberdeen

Population

15,84816,831

Median household income

$63,842$76,019

Median home value

$205,900$239,000

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,339

Edgewood

Population

25,57425,170

Median household income

$68,952$86,355

Median home value

$182,300$234,700

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Edgewood
Under 5	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.7%
75 and over	5.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	36.3%
Black or African American	29.5%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Edgewood
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Edgewood
Drove alone	77.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.8%
Public transit	1.5%	1.7%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	58.0%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	33.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	12.3%
20 or more units	5.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Edgewood
Poverty rate	14.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1976	1982