Barton vs Lonaconing

A side-by-side comparison of Barton and Lonaconing: population, income, housing, and more.

Barton and Lonaconing are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lonaconing has the higher population (1,093 vs 761 in Barton). Barton has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $43,947 in Lonaconing). Barton has the higher median home value ($86,100 vs $77,600 in Lonaconing).

Population, income & housing

	Barton	Lonaconing
Population	761	1,093
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$43,947
Median home value	$86,100	$77,600
Median gross rent	$917	$739
Housing units	285	480
Homeownership rate	84.1%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton	Lonaconing
Population	441 → 761 (+72.6%)	1,278 → 1,093 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $54,063 (+15.8%)	$42,500 → $43,947 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $86,100 (+6.8%)	$68,400 → $77,600 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $917 (+24.3%)	$544 → $739 (+35.8%)

Barton

Population

441761

Median household income

$46,667$54,063

Median home value

$80,600$86,100

Median gross rent

$738$917

Lonaconing

Population

1,2781,093

Median household income

$42,500$43,947

Median home value

$68,400$77,600

Median gross rent

$544$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton	Lonaconing
Under 5	5.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	18.5%
55 to 64	5.5%	7.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.1%
75 and over	10.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton	Lonaconing
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton	Lonaconing
No high school diploma	6.8%	10.5%
High school graduate	54.5%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton	Lonaconing
Drove alone	73.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.6%
Other means	10.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton	Lonaconing
1-unit, detached	74.0%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Barton	Lonaconing
Poverty rate	10.1%	26.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1946	1938