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Ferndale, Maryland.

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

Living in Ferndale, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Ferndale, in Anne Arundel County, had 17,091 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $94,948 a year and half less, against $124,911 across Anne Arundel County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in Anne Arundel County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 17,091 in the 2020 census; median age 35.7
Household income $94,948 the median, give or take $11,228 · Anne Arundel County: $124,911
Unemployment 3.4% Anne Arundel County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 68% lived in by their owners; 32% rented
  • 6,629households
  • 23%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Government10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Anne Arundel County had 293,059 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 25°; warmest in July, 89° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 25° F M A M J J 89° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 25°; warmest in July, 89° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 25° F M A M J J 89° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 19 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Baltimore Wash International Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Ferndale

  1. Prospect International Airport Services BWI WNAirport baggage handling services304
  2. Berlin Steel - DC OfficeStructural steel erecting or iron work contractors170
  3. GiantGrocery stores135
  4. Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter129
  5. JJ Haines and CompanyHomefurnishings merchant wholesalers122
  6. HarmonCurtain wall, glass, installation76
  7. MurtechMarine construction57
  8. A Better Way Computer RecyclingConsumer electronics merchant wholesalers42

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,133 people in all. 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. Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of FerndaleRelatively moderate
  2. Lightningrelatively high in parts of FerndaleRelatively moderate
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ferndale’s 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 Anne Arundel County.