With 4,196 people, La Vale is a city in Maryland. The median age is 45.7, about 7 years above the US median. 84% of homes are owner-occupied. The typical home is worth $170,800, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 2%. That trails the Maryland median by roughly 25%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $77,500, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 45.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
37% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about La Vale
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$152,404 → $170,800(+12%)US over the same years: +67%
White share98.2% → 90.8%(−7.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population4,694 → 4,196(−11%)US over the same years: +35%
La Vale's population equals 6.2% of Allegany County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.7% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 3.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)10.7%(42)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.3%(107)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.7%(132)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.6%(26)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II5.9%(23)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 392 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
La Vale, decade by decade
La Vale population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,694
$70,857
$152,404
23.1%
4.5
2000
4,613
$78,169
$162,674
25.0%
6.7
2010
3,551
$78,592
$201,112
24.3%
12.3
2020
4,201
$89,536
$194,896
33.9%
20.4
2024
4,196
$77,500
$170,800
36.9%
21.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
