Shaft vs Zihlman

A side-by-side comparison of Shaft and Zihlman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zihlman has the higher population (305 vs 298 in Shaft). Since 2019, Shaft's population has grown faster (-15.1% vs -17.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Shaft	Zihlman
Population	298	305
Median age	48.7 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,595
Median home value	—	$100,800
Housing units	141	194
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shaft	Zihlman
Population	351 → 298 (-15.1%)	369 → 305 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$107,500 → $139,811 (+30.1%)	$43,625 → $50,595 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $132,600 (+0.7%)	$89,400 → $100,800 (+12.8%)

Shaft

Population

351298

Median household income

$107,500$139,811

Median home value

$131,700$132,600

Zihlman

Population

369305

Median household income

$43,625$50,595

Median home value

$89,400$100,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shaft	Zihlman
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	3.4%	1.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	34.9%	18.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	28.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	24.6%
75 and over	8.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shaft	Zihlman
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+

	Shaft	Zihlman
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.6%
High school graduate	27.8%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	40.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shaft	Zihlman
Drove alone	100.0%	48.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shaft	Zihlman
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Shaft	Zihlman
Poverty rate	5.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.11	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938