Cresaptown vs Frostburg

A side-by-side comparison of Cresaptown and Frostburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Frostburg has the higher population (7,025 vs 5,238 in Cresaptown). Cresaptown has the higher median household income ($53,804 vs $51,052 in Frostburg). Frostburg has the higher median home value ($172,600 vs $148,400 in Cresaptown).

Population, income & housing

	Cresaptown	Frostburg
Population	5,238	7,025
Median age	39.9 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,804	$51,052
Median home value	$148,400	$172,600
Median gross rent	$838	$865
Housing units	1,214	3,075
Homeownership rate	77.6%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cresaptown	Frostburg
Population	5,916 → 5,238 (-11.5%)	8,591 → 7,025 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$46,046 → $53,804 (+16.8%)	$42,699 → $51,052 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $148,400 (+6.9%)	$139,000 → $172,600 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $838 (+16.2%)	$745 → $865 (+16.1%)

Cresaptown

Population

5,9165,238

Median household income

$46,046$53,804

Median home value

$138,800$148,400

Median gross rent

$721$838

Frostburg

Population

8,5917,025

Median household income

$42,699$51,052

Median home value

$139,000$172,600

Median gross rent

$745$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cresaptown	Frostburg
Under 5	3.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	6.9%	7.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	36.9%
25 to 34	22.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	21.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.9%
75 and over	6.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cresaptown	Frostburg
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	81.8%
Black or African American	40.5%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cresaptown	Frostburg
No high school diploma	26.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	53.2%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cresaptown	Frostburg
Drove alone	89.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cresaptown	Frostburg
1-unit, detached	83.2%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cresaptown	Frostburg
Poverty rate	10.2%	27.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1965	1960