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Herald Harbor, 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 Herald Harbor, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Herald Harbor, in Anne Arundel County, had 2,869 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $147,778 a year and half less, against $124,911 across Anne Arundel County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% 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 professional services, then schools and health care.

People 2,869 in the 2020 census
Household income $147,778 the median, give or take $26,964 · Anne Arundel County: $124,911
Unemployment 3.4% Anne Arundel County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 982households
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services20%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care14%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Government11%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Other services9%

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, 44° and 29°; warmest in July, 89° and 71° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 29° F M A M J J 89° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 29°; warmest in July, 89° and 71° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 29° F M A M J J 89° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 71°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Annapolis Police Brks weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Anne Arundel County

  1. Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsSchool district11,336FTE
  2. Northrop Grumman SystemsSearch detection navigation guidance aeronautical and nautical system and instrument manufacturing6,206
  3. Southwest AirlinesScheduled passenger air transportation5,460
  4. Anne Arundel Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,463FTE
  5. Keller North AmericaFoundation, building, poured concrete, contractors2,462
  6. Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,193FTE
  7. Northrop Grumman SystemsSearch detection navigation guidance aeronautical and nautical system and instrument manufacturing2,091
  8. Anne Arundel Community CollegeTwo-year college1,717

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 405 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 72,512 people in all across the county; Herald Harbor has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) 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. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

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