Friendly vs Westphalia

A side-by-side comparison of Friendly and Westphalia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westphalia has the higher population (12,020 vs 11,673 in Friendly). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($158,055 vs $136,485 in Friendly). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($478,200 vs $407,800 in Friendly).

Population, income & housing

	Friendly	Westphalia
Population	11,673	12,020
Median age	44.2 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$136,485	$158,055
Median home value	$407,800	$478,200
Median gross rent	$2,345	$1,947
Housing units	3,837	4,654
Homeownership rate	90.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendly	Westphalia
Population	10,051 → 11,673 (+16.1%)	9,944 → 12,020 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$130,577 → $136,485 (+4.5%)	$123,077 → $158,055 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$320,700 → $407,800 (+27.2%)	$360,400 → $478,200 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,236 → $2,345 (+4.9%)	$1,734 → $1,947 (+12.3%)

Friendly

Population

10,05111,673

Median household income

$130,577$136,485

Median home value

$320,700$407,800

Median gross rent

$2,236$2,345

Westphalia

Population

9,94412,020

Median household income

$123,077$158,055

Median home value

$360,400$478,200

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendly	Westphalia
Under 5	4.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	18.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	5.6%
75 and over	6.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendly	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	6.2%	10.5%
Black or African American	55.0%	77.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendly	Westphalia
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	27.9%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendly	Westphalia
Drove alone	55.2%	60.3%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.0%
Public transit	6.0%	4.7%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	24.9%
Other means	2.2%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendly	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	99.2%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Friendly	Westphalia
Poverty rate	5.0%	6.0%
Average household size	3.16	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	40	39
Median year structure built	1977	2011