What is the population of Ballenger Creek CDP?

Ballenger Creek CDP has 25,866 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #54 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Ballenger Creek CDP?

Median household income in Ballenger Creek CDP is $108,385 a year, 38% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ballenger Creek CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,913 a month and the median home value is $369,800, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.

Is Ballenger Creek CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ballenger Creek CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ballenger Creek, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ballenger Creek, Maryland (Ballenger Creek, MD — Census place “Ballenger Creek CDP”) is 25,866 residents, ranking #54 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $108,385, the median home is worth $369,800 and median gross rent runs $1,913 a month. Looking for the Ballenger Creek Maryland ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Ballenger Creek, MD: 21703, 21704.

Population: 25,866Ballenger Creek CDP residents
Median household income: $108,385Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $369,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,913Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67%Owner-occupied households

Ballenger Creek ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ballenger Creek.

The Ballenger Creek MD ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Ballenger Creek CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ballenger Creek CDP median would spend about 21.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.9% of residents and 67% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ballenger Creek CDP, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ballenger Creek CDP is a small city in Maryland, with 25,866 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #54 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 34.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ballenger Creek CDP earn a median of $108,385 a year, 38% above the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ballenger Creek CDP is valued at $369,800, 21.9% above the national figure and 7% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,913 a month, 36.1% above the national figure, or roughly $22,956 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Ballenger Creek CDP?: Ballenger Creek CDP has 25,866 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #54 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Ballenger Creek CDP?: Median household income in Ballenger Creek CDP is $108,385 a year, 38% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ballenger Creek CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,913 a month and the median home value is $369,800, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
Is Ballenger Creek CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ballenger Creek CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ballenger Creek CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.