Bier vs Oldtown

A side-by-side comparison of Bier and Oldtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oldtown has the higher population (75 vs 72 in Bier). Bier has the higher median household income ($78,167 vs $66,250 in Oldtown). Since 2019, Oldtown's population has grown faster (+44.2% vs -66.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bier	Oldtown
Population	72	75
Median age	66.5 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,167	$66,250
Median home value	$120,500	—
Housing units	36	62
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bier	Oldtown
Population	214 → 72 (-66.4%)	52 → 75 (+44.2%)
Median household income	$44,510 → $78,167 (+75.6%)	$58,594 → $66,250 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $120,500 (+4.9%)	—

Bier

Population

21472

Median household income

$44,510$78,167

Median home value

$114,900$120,500

Oldtown

Population

5275

Median household income

$58,594$66,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bier	Oldtown
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	19.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.8%	30.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	44.0%
65 to 74	19.4%	0.0%
75 and over	40.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bier	Oldtown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bier	Oldtown
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bier	Oldtown
Drove alone	100.0%	60.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	39.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bier	Oldtown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	32.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	51.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bier	Oldtown
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.50
Median year structure built	1948	1938