New Windsor vs Taneytown

A side-by-side comparison of New Windsor and Taneytown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taneytown has the higher population (7,295 vs 1,338 in New Windsor). New Windsor has the higher median household income ($111,731 vs $78,726 in Taneytown). New Windsor has the higher median home value ($337,500 vs $323,700 in Taneytown).

Population, income & housing

	New Windsor	Taneytown
Population	1,338	7,295
Median age	45.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,731	$78,726
Median home value	$337,500	$323,700
Median gross rent	$330	$799
Housing units	552	2,960
Homeownership rate	93.0%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Windsor	Taneytown
Population	1,298 → 1,338 (+3.1%)	6,787 → 7,295 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$90,324 → $111,731 (+23.7%)	$73,649 → $78,726 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$264,300 → $337,500 (+27.7%)	$252,700 → $323,700 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $330 (-71.3%)	$1,028 → $799 (-22.3%)

New Windsor

Population

1,2981,338

Median household income

$90,324$111,731

Median home value

$264,300$337,500

Median gross rent

$1,148$330

Taneytown

Population

6,7877,295

Median household income

$73,649$78,726

Median home value

$252,700$323,700

Median gross rent

$1,028$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Windsor	Taneytown
Under 5	3.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.0%
75 and over	9.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Windsor	Taneytown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	85.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Windsor	Taneytown
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Windsor	Taneytown
Drove alone	72.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Windsor	Taneytown
1-unit, detached	79.2%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Windsor	Taneytown
Poverty rate	12.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	39	37
Median year structure built	1991	1992