Newark vs Whaleyville

A side-by-side comparison of Newark and Whaleyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newark has the higher population (347 vs 179 in Whaleyville). Newark has the higher median household income ($105,093 vs $81,771 in Whaleyville). Newark has the higher median home value ($337,000 vs $187,200 in Whaleyville).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Whaleyville
Population	347	179
Median age	50.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,093	$81,771
Median home value	$337,000	$187,200
Housing units	140	114
Homeownership rate	68.6%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Whaleyville
Population	572 → 347 (-39.3%)	55 → 179 (+225.5%)
Median household income	$89,315 → $105,093 (+17.7%)	$109,231 → $81,771 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$583,300 → $337,000 (-42.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $1,552 (-2.7%)	—

Newark

Population

572347

Median household income

$89,315$105,093

Median home value

$583,300$337,000

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,552

Whaleyville

Population

55179

Median household income

$109,231$81,771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Whaleyville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	29.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	19.6%	20.7%
55 to 64	23.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.7%
75 and over	3.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Whaleyville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	14.7%	4.5%
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	19.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Whaleyville
No high school diploma	6.4%	15.2%
High school graduate	47.7%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	43.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Whaleyville
Drove alone	50.5%	68.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.3%	15.4%
Other means	18.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Whaleyville
1-unit, detached	87.9%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Whaleyville
Poverty rate	13.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.48	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	48	—
Median year structure built	1997	1938