With 637 people, Mount Aetna is a city in Maryland. At a median age of 48.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. That puts it in the top 2% of US cities for household income. Households take in $145,662 a year at the median, 77% more than the country as a whole. That is roughly 40% ahead of the Maryland median.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $145,662, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 48.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
52% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 94%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mount Aetna
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants46.7% → 74.9%(+28.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population3,608 → 637(−82%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree18.1% → 52.1%(+34.0 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
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
Over time
Mount Aetna, decade by decade
Mount Aetna 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
3,608
$77,198
$254,887
18.1%
17.6
2000
838
$88,392
$237,908
30.5%
14.3
2010
561
$183,812
$462,788
58.0%
26.5
2020
580
$165,595
$463,241
46.7%
48.0
2024
637
$145,662
$462,000
52.1%
72.5
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.
