Lake Arbor vs New Carrollton

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

Lake Arbor and New Carrollton 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 13,544 in New Carrollton). Lake Arbor has the higher median household income ($128,616 vs $80,292 in New Carrollton). Lake Arbor has the higher median home value ($457,800 vs $378,300 in New Carrollton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arbor	New Carrollton
Population	14,932	13,544
Median age	43.7 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,616	$80,292
Median home value	$457,800	$378,300
Median gross rent	$2,293	$1,745
Housing units	6,815	4,671
Homeownership rate	64.8%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arbor	New Carrollton
Population	9,973 → 14,932 (+49.7%)	12,935 → 13,544 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$94,807 → $128,616 (+35.7%)	$66,991 → $80,292 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$315,600 → $457,800 (+45.1%)	$271,100 → $378,300 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,845 → $2,293 (+24.3%)	$1,417 → $1,745 (+23.1%)

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

New Carrollton

Population

12,93513,544

Median household income

$66,991$80,292

Median home value

$271,100$378,300

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arbor	New Carrollton
Under 5	6.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	20.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.5%
75 and over	10.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arbor	New Carrollton
White (non-Hispanic)	6.7%	4.8%
Black or African American	83.5%	60.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arbor	New Carrollton
No high school diploma	4.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	14.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arbor	New Carrollton
Drove alone	68.4%	71.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.0%
Public transit	8.1%	6.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	9.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arbor	New Carrollton
1-unit, detached	29.1%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	32.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	43.3%
20 or more units	23.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arbor	New Carrollton
Poverty rate	4.8%	5.9%
Average household size	2.28	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	39	33
Median year structure built	1998	1965