Oldtown vs Vale Summit

A side-by-side comparison of Oldtown and Vale Summit: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vale Summit has the higher population (79 vs 75 in Oldtown). Since 2019, Oldtown's population has grown faster (+44.2% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Oldtown	Vale Summit
Population	75	79
Median age	62.4 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	—
Housing units	62	59
Homeownership rate	66.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oldtown	Vale Summit
Population	52 → 75 (+44.2%)	92 → 79 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$58,594 → $66,250 (+13.1%)	$80,875 → $163,125 (+101.7%)

Oldtown

Population

5275

Median household income

$58,594$66,250

Vale Summit

Population

9279

Median household income

$80,875$163,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oldtown	Vale Summit
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	30.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	44.0%	45.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.4%
75 and over	13.3%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oldtown	Vale Summit
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+

	Oldtown	Vale Summit
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oldtown	Vale Summit
Drove alone	60.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	39.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oldtown	Vale Summit
1-unit, detached	32.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	51.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oldtown	Vale Summit
Poverty rate	0.0%	31.6%
Average household size	2.50	1.34
Median year structure built	1938	1938