Frostburg vs La Vale

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

Frostburg and La Vale 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 4,388 in La Vale). La Vale has the higher median household income ($77,634 vs $51,052 in Frostburg). Frostburg has the higher median home value ($172,600 vs $171,300 in La Vale).

Population, income & housing

	Frostburg	La Vale
Population	7,025	4,388
Median age	25.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,052	$77,634
Median home value	$172,600	$171,300
Median gross rent	$865	$923
Housing units	3,075	2,077
Homeownership rate	50.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frostburg	La Vale
Population	8,591 → 7,025 (-18.2%)	3,429 → 4,388 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$42,699 → $51,052 (+19.6%)	$67,382 → $77,634 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $172,600 (+24.2%)	$157,100 → $171,300 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $865 (+16.1%)	$758 → $923 (+21.8%)

Frostburg

Population

8,5917,025

Median household income

$42,699$51,052

Median home value

$139,000$172,600

Median gross rent

$745$865

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)

	Frostburg	La Vale
Under 5	4.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	7.2%	11.3%
18 to 24	36.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	6.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.4%
75 and over	5.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frostburg	La Vale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	87.9%
Black or African American	11.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	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	2.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frostburg	La Vale
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frostburg	La Vale
Drove alone	75.3%	81.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	13.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frostburg	La Vale
1-unit, detached	55.3%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Frostburg	La Vale
Poverty rate	27.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1960	1962