Kettering vs Lake Arbor

A side-by-side comparison of Kettering and Lake Arbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Arbor has the higher population (14,932 vs 13,866 in Kettering). Lake Arbor has the higher median household income ($128,616 vs $124,036 in Kettering). Lake Arbor has the higher median home value ($457,800 vs $416,500 in Kettering).

Population, income & housing

	Kettering	Lake Arbor
Population	13,866	14,932
Median age	49.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$124,036	$128,616
Median home value	$416,500	$457,800
Median gross rent	$2,285	$2,293
Housing units	5,985	6,815
Homeownership rate	88.4%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettering	Lake Arbor
Population	13,527 → 13,866 (+2.5%)	9,973 → 14,932 (+49.7%)
Median household income	$93,698 → $124,036 (+32.4%)	$94,807 → $128,616 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $416,500 (+38.1%)	$315,600 → $457,800 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,811 → $2,285 (+26.2%)	$1,845 → $2,293 (+24.3%)

Kettering

Population

13,52713,866

Median household income

$93,698$124,036

Median home value

$301,500$416,500

Median gross rent

$1,811$2,285

Lake Arbor

Population

9,97314,932

Median household income

$94,807$128,616

Median home value

$315,600$457,800

Median gross rent

$1,845$2,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kettering	Lake Arbor
Under 5	2.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.3%
75 and over	9.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettering	Lake Arbor
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	6.7%
Black or African American	82.8%	83.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettering	Lake Arbor
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettering	Lake Arbor
Drove alone	63.3%	68.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	5.1%
Public transit	6.2%	8.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	14.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettering	Lake Arbor
1-unit, detached	50.6%	29.1%
1-unit, attached	40.3%	32.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	13.3%
20 or more units	7.5%	23.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kettering	Lake Arbor
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1989	1998