Federalsburg vs Williston

A side-by-side comparison of Federalsburg and Williston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Federalsburg has the higher population (2,818 vs 302 in Williston). Williston has the higher median household income ($106,389 vs $35,432 in Federalsburg). Williston has the higher median home value ($455,600 vs $125,200 in Federalsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Federalsburg	Williston
Population	2,818	302
Median age	37.3 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,432	$106,389
Median home value	$125,200	$455,600
Median gross rent	$987	—
Housing units	1,185	92
Homeownership rate	45.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Federalsburg	Williston
Population	2,665 → 2,818 (+5.7%)	96 → 302 (+214.6%)
Median household income	$34,028 → $35,432 (+4.1%)	$160,192 → $106,389 (-33.6%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $125,200 (+4.4%)	$345,200 → $455,600 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $987 (+37.1%)	—

Federalsburg

Population

2,6652,818

Median household income

$34,028$35,432

Median home value

$119,900$125,200

Median gross rent

$720$987

Williston

Population

96302

Median household income

$160,192$106,389

Median home value

$345,200$455,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Federalsburg	Williston
Under 5	5.7%	12.6%
5 to 17	22.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	52.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	3.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	3.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	3.0%
75 and over	5.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Federalsburg	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	43.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Federalsburg	Williston
No high school diploma	19.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Federalsburg	Williston
Drove alone	79.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Federalsburg	Williston
1-unit, detached	53.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Federalsburg	Williston
Poverty rate	32.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.59	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1975	2005