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Baltimore Highlands, Maryland.

A community in Baltimore County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Baltimore County’s.

Living in Baltimore Highlands, Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore Highlands, in Baltimore County, had 7,740 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $62,304 a year and half less, against $91,768 across Baltimore County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 54% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 46% are rented. Unemployment in Baltimore County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 7,740 in the 2020 census; median age 34.0
Household income $62,304 the median, give or take $13,729 · Baltimore County: $91,768
Unemployment 4.0% Baltimore County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 54% lived in by their owners; 46% rented
  • 2,911households
  • 17%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Building trades16%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Government11%
  • Shops (retail)9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Baltimore County had 369,662 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 30°; warmest in July, 90° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 44° 30° F M A M J J 90° 73° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 30°; warmest in July, 90° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 44° 30° F M A M J J 90° 73° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 73°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Md Sci Ctr Baltimore weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Baltimore County

  1. Baltimore County Public SchoolsSchool district15,462FTE
  2. Social Security AdministrationFederal government5,991
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage4,725
  4. Towson UniversityUniversity or college3,199
  5. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services2,721
  6. Community College of Baltimore CountyTwo-year college2,687
  7. University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUniversity or college2,493
  8. Baltimore County PoliceLaw enforcement statistics centers, government2,400

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 534 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 86,883 people in all across the county; Baltimore Highlands has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of Baltimore HighlandsRelatively moderate
  2. Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of Baltimore HighlandsRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Baltimore Highlands’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Baltimore County.