Lonaconing vs Westernport

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

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

Westernport has the higher population (1,864 vs 1,093 in Lonaconing). Westernport has the higher median household income ($52,059 vs $43,947 in Lonaconing). Westernport has the higher median home value ($85,800 vs $77,600 in Lonaconing).

Population, income & housing

	Lonaconing	Westernport
Population	1,093	1,864
Median age	34.0 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,947	$52,059
Median home value	$77,600	$85,800
Median gross rent	$739	$727
Housing units	480	997
Homeownership rate	63.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lonaconing	Westernport
Population	1,278 → 1,093 (-14.5%)	2,156 → 1,864 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $43,947 (+3.4%)	$42,014 → $52,059 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $77,600 (+13.5%)	$68,600 → $85,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $739 (+35.8%)	$640 → $727 (+13.6%)

Lonaconing

Population

1,2781,093

Median household income

$42,500$43,947

Median home value

$68,400$77,600

Median gross rent

$544$739

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)

	Lonaconing	Westernport
Under 5	5.3%	10.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.8%	15.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	6.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	18.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.4%
75 and over	9.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lonaconing	Westernport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lonaconing	Westernport
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	48.9%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lonaconing	Westernport
Drove alone	69.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	19.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	7.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lonaconing	Westernport
1-unit, detached	69.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lonaconing	Westernport
Poverty rate	26.8%	22.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1938	1944