Cresaptown vs La Vale

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

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

Cresaptown has the higher population (5,238 vs 4,388 in La Vale). La Vale has the higher median household income ($77,634 vs $53,804 in Cresaptown). La Vale has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $148,400 in Cresaptown).

Population, income & housing

	Cresaptown	La Vale
Population	5,238	4,388
Median age	39.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,804	$77,634
Median home value	$148,400	$171,300
Median gross rent	$838	$923
Housing units	1,214	2,077
Homeownership rate	77.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cresaptown	La Vale
Population	5,916 → 5,238 (-11.5%)	3,429 → 4,388 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$46,046 → $53,804 (+16.8%)	$67,382 → $77,634 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $148,400 (+6.9%)	$157,100 → $171,300 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $838 (+16.2%)	$758 → $923 (+21.8%)

Cresaptown

Population

5,9165,238

Median household income

$46,046$53,804

Median home value

$138,800$148,400

Median gross rent

$721$838

La Vale

Population

3,4294,388

Median household income

$67,382$77,634

Median home value

$157,100$171,300

Median gross rent

$758$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cresaptown	La Vale
Under 5	3.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	6.9%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	22.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	21.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.4%
75 and over	6.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cresaptown	La Vale
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	87.9%
Black or African American	40.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cresaptown	La Vale
No high school diploma	26.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	53.2%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cresaptown	La Vale
Drove alone	89.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cresaptown	La Vale
1-unit, detached	83.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cresaptown	La Vale
Poverty rate	10.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1965	1962