Aberdeen vs Joppatowne

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

Aberdeen and Joppatowne 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 13,397 in Joppatowne). Joppatowne has the higher median household income ($109,589 vs $76,019 in Aberdeen). Joppatowne has the higher median home value ($315,000 vs $239,000 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Joppatowne
Population	16,831	13,397
Median age	39.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,019	$109,589
Median home value	$239,000	$315,000
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,600
Housing units	7,216	5,792
Homeownership rate	64.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Joppatowne
Population	15,848 → 16,831 (+6.2%)	12,304 → 13,397 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$63,842 → $76,019 (+19.1%)	$89,423 → $109,589 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$205,900 → $239,000 (+16.1%)	$260,900 → $315,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,339 (+30.4%)	$1,161 → $1,600 (+37.8%)

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

Joppatowne

Population

12,30413,397

Median household income

$89,423$109,589

Median home value

$260,900$315,000

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Joppatowne
Under 5	6.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.4%
75 and over	5.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Joppatowne
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	71.2%
Black or African American	29.5%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Joppatowne
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Joppatowne
Drove alone	77.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.1%
Public transit	1.5%	2.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	10.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Joppatowne
1-unit, detached	58.0%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	10.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Joppatowne
Poverty rate	14.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1976	1975