Lake Arbor vs Summerfield

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

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

Summerfield has the higher population (15,635 vs 14,932 in Lake Arbor). Lake Arbor has the higher median household income ($128,616 vs $92,042 in Summerfield). Lake Arbor has the higher median home value ($457,800 vs $339,800 in Summerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arbor	Summerfield
Population	14,932	15,635
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$128,616	$92,042
Median home value	$457,800	$339,800
Median gross rent	$2,293	$2,032
Housing units	6,815	6,240
Homeownership rate	64.8%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arbor	Summerfield
Population	9,973 → 14,932 (+49.7%)	14,343 → 15,635 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$94,807 → $128,616 (+35.7%)	$82,904 → $92,042 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$315,600 → $457,800 (+45.1%)	$257,700 → $339,800 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,845 → $2,293 (+24.3%)	$1,752 → $2,032 (+16.0%)

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

Summerfield

Population

14,34315,635

Median household income

$82,904$92,042

Median home value

$257,700$339,800

Median gross rent

$1,752$2,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arbor	Summerfield
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.3%	18.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.6%
75 and over	10.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arbor	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	6.7%	1.7%
Black or African American	83.5%	84.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arbor	Summerfield
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	14.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arbor	Summerfield
Drove alone	68.4%	56.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.7%
Public transit	8.1%	9.8%
Walked	1.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	18.5%
Other means	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arbor	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	29.1%	16.9%
1-unit, attached	32.5%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	17.5%
20 or more units	23.9%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arbor	Summerfield
Poverty rate	4.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	39	35
Median year structure built	1998	1987