National vs Spring Gap

A side-by-side comparison of National and Spring Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

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

National has the higher population (48 vs 40 in Spring Gap). Since 2019, Spring Gap's population has grown faster (-29.8% vs -67.1%).

Population, income & housing

	National	Spring Gap
Population	48	40
Median age	66.5 yrs	55.1 yrs
Housing units	30	19
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National	Spring Gap
Population	146 → 48 (-67.1%)	57 → 40 (-29.8%)

National

Population

14648

Spring Gap

Population

5740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	National	Spring Gap
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.5%
25 to 34	27.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	30.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	22.5%
65 to 74	62.5%	17.5%
75 and over	0.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National	Spring Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National	Spring Gap
No high school diploma	12.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	60.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National	Spring Gap
Drove alone	72.2%	25.0%
Carpooled	27.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	75.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National	Spring Gap
1-unit, detached	63.3%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	63.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	National	Spring Gap
Poverty rate	0.0%	30.0%
Average household size	1.60	2.11
Median year structure built	1982	—