Lonaconing vs Potomac Park

A side-by-side comparison of Lonaconing and Potomac Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lonaconing has the higher population (1,093 vs 974 in Potomac Park). Potomac Park has the higher median household income ($49,330 vs $43,947 in Lonaconing). Potomac Park has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $77,600 in Lonaconing).

Population, income & housing

	Lonaconing	Potomac Park
Population	1,093	974
Median age	34.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,947	$49,330
Median home value	$77,600	$122,600
Median gross rent	$739	$943
Housing units	480	453
Homeownership rate	63.5%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lonaconing	Potomac Park
Population	1,278 → 1,093 (-14.5%)	818 → 974 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $43,947 (+3.4%)	$46,625 → $49,330 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $77,600 (+13.5%)	$101,000 → $122,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $739 (+35.8%)	$728 → $943 (+29.5%)

Lonaconing

Population

1,2781,093

Median household income

$42,500$43,947

Median home value

$68,400$77,600

Median gross rent

$544$739

Potomac Park

Population

818974

Median household income

$46,625$49,330

Median home value

$101,000$122,600

Median gross rent

$728$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lonaconing	Potomac Park
Under 5	5.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	18.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.0%
75 and over	9.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lonaconing	Potomac Park
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lonaconing	Potomac Park
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	48.9%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lonaconing	Potomac Park
Drove alone	69.2%	88.6%
Carpooled	19.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lonaconing	Potomac Park
1-unit, detached	69.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lonaconing	Potomac Park
Poverty rate	26.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1938	1957