Cumberland vs Westernport

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

Cumberland and Westernport 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 1,864 in Westernport). Westernport has the higher median household income ($52,059 vs $47,819 in Cumberland). Cumberland has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $85,800 in Westernport).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland	Westernport
Population	18,938	1,864
Median age	41.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,819	$52,059
Median home value	$120,800	$85,800
Median gross rent	$728	$727
Housing units	10,355	997
Homeownership rate	58.3%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland	Westernport
Population	19,650 → 18,938 (-3.6%)	2,156 → 1,864 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$36,145 → $47,819 (+32.3%)	$42,014 → $52,059 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $120,800 (+28.4%)	$68,600 → $85,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $728 (+10.0%)	$640 → $727 (+13.6%)

Cumberland

Population

19,65018,938

Median household income

$36,145$47,819

Median home value

$94,100$120,800

Median gross rent

$662$728

Westernport

Population

2,1561,864

Median household income

$42,014$52,059

Median home value

$68,600$85,800

Median gross rent

$640$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland	Westernport
Under 5	4.4%	10.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	15.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.4%
75 and over	12.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland	Westernport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	96.8%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland	Westernport
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	35.6%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland	Westernport
Drove alone	74.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.7%	2.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	5.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland	Westernport
1-unit, detached	60.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	9.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland	Westernport
Poverty rate	23.5%	22.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1943	1944