Aberdeen vs Fallston

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

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

Aberdeen has the higher population (16,831 vs 9,954 in Fallston). Fallston has the higher median household income ($154,400 vs $76,019 in Aberdeen). Fallston has the higher median home value ($529,600 vs $239,000 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Fallston
Population	16,831	9,954
Median age	39.4 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,019	$154,400
Median home value	$239,000	$529,600
Median gross rent	$1,339	$2,159
Housing units	7,216	3,470
Homeownership rate	64.3%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Fallston
Population	15,848 → 16,831 (+6.2%)	8,972 → 9,954 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$63,842 → $76,019 (+19.1%)	$128,561 → $154,400 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$205,900 → $239,000 (+16.1%)	$392,000 → $529,600 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,339 (+30.4%)	$1,148 → $2,159 (+88.1%)

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

Fallston

Population

8,9729,954

Median household income

$128,561$154,400

Median home value

$392,000$529,600

Median gross rent

$1,148$2,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Fallston
Under 5	6.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.8%
75 and over	5.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Fallston
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	86.5%
Black or African American	29.5%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Fallston
No high school diploma	8.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	33.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Fallston
Drove alone	77.4%	63.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	14.1%
Public transit	1.5%	1.3%
Walked	1.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	19.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Fallston
1-unit, detached	58.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Fallston
Poverty rate	14.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1976	1976