Cumberland vs Frostburg

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

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

Cumberland has the higher population (18,938 vs 7,025 in Frostburg). Frostburg has the higher median household income ($51,052 vs $47,819 in Cumberland). Frostburg has the higher median home value ($172,600 vs $120,800 in Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland	Frostburg
Population	18,938	7,025
Median age	41.5 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,819	$51,052
Median home value	$120,800	$172,600
Median gross rent	$728	$865
Housing units	10,355	3,075
Homeownership rate	58.3%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland	Frostburg
Population	19,650 → 18,938 (-3.6%)	8,591 → 7,025 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$36,145 → $47,819 (+32.3%)	$42,699 → $51,052 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $120,800 (+28.4%)	$139,000 → $172,600 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $728 (+10.0%)	$745 → $865 (+16.1%)

Cumberland

Population

19,65018,938

Median household income

$36,145$47,819

Median home value

$94,100$120,800

Median gross rent

$662$728

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)

	Cumberland	Frostburg
Under 5	4.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	7.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	36.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.9%
75 and over	12.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland	Frostburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	81.8%
Black or African American	4.6%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland	Frostburg
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	35.6%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland	Frostburg
Drove alone	74.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	3.5%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland	Frostburg
1-unit, detached	60.0%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	16.4%
20 or more units	9.6%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland	Frostburg
Poverty rate	23.5%	27.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1943	1960