Deal Island vs Eden

A side-by-side comparison of Deal Island and Eden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eden has the higher population (790 vs 311 in Deal Island). Eden has the higher median household income ($30,609 vs $28,125 in Deal Island). Deal Island has the higher median home value ($129,000 vs $47,100 in Eden).

Population, income & housing

	Deal Island	Eden
Population	311	790
Median age	62.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$30,609
Median home value	$129,000	$47,100
Housing units	354	301
Homeownership rate	85.4%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	22.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deal Island	Eden
Population	351 → 311 (-11.4%)	765 → 790 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$36,029 → $28,125 (-21.9%)	$30,524 → $30,609 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $129,000 (-12.7%)	$107,600 → $47,100 (-56.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$799 → $1,273 (+59.3%)

Deal Island

Population

351311

Median household income

$36,029$28,125

Median home value

$147,700$129,000

Eden

Population

765790

Median household income

$30,524$30,609

Median home value

$107,600$47,100

Median gross rent

$799$1,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deal Island	Eden
Under 5	2.9%	8.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	5.1%	19.7%
45 to 54	1.0%	4.1%
55 to 64	25.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	21.5%	7.5%
75 and over	19.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deal Island	Eden
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	59.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	33.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deal Island	Eden
No high school diploma	14.5%	27.2%
High school graduate	38.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deal Island	Eden
Drove alone	49.3%	57.5%
Carpooled	26.8%	25.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	6.7%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deal Island	Eden
1-unit, detached	84.5%	36.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	63.8%

Poverty & households

	Deal Island	Eden
Poverty rate	30.0%	25.7%
Average household size	1.75	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	43
Median year structure built	1955	1992