Frostburg vs Westernport

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

Frostburg and Westernport 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 1,864 in Westernport). Westernport has the higher median household income ($52,059 vs $51,052 in Frostburg). Frostburg has the higher median home value ($172,600 vs $85,800 in Westernport).

Population, income & housing

	Frostburg	Westernport
Population	7,025	1,864
Median age	25.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,052	$52,059
Median home value	$172,600	$85,800
Median gross rent	$865	$727
Housing units	3,075	997
Homeownership rate	50.4%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frostburg	Westernport
Population	8,591 → 7,025 (-18.2%)	2,156 → 1,864 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$42,699 → $51,052 (+19.6%)	$42,014 → $52,059 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $172,600 (+24.2%)	$68,600 → $85,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $865 (+16.1%)	$640 → $727 (+13.6%)

Frostburg

Population

8,5917,025

Median household income

$42,699$51,052

Median home value

$139,000$172,600

Median gross rent

$745$865

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)

	Frostburg	Westernport
Under 5	4.6%	10.9%
5 to 17	7.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	36.9%	15.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	6.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.4%
75 and over	5.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frostburg	Westernport
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	96.8%
Black or African American	11.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frostburg	Westernport
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	25.8%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frostburg	Westernport
Drove alone	75.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	2.0%
Walked	9.1%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frostburg	Westernport
1-unit, detached	55.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	8.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Frostburg	Westernport
Poverty rate	27.8%	22.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1960	1944