Taneytown vs Union Bridge

A side-by-side comparison of Taneytown and Union Bridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Taneytown and Union Bridge 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 941 in Union Bridge). Taneytown has the higher median household income ($78,726 vs $65,417 in Union Bridge). Taneytown has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $264,800 in Union Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Taneytown	Union Bridge
Population	7,295	941
Median age	38.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,726	$65,417
Median home value	$323,700	$264,800
Median gross rent	$799	$1,179
Housing units	2,960	482
Homeownership rate	80.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taneytown	Union Bridge
Population	6,787 → 7,295 (+7.5%)	872 → 941 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$73,649 → $78,726 (+6.9%)	$55,750 → $65,417 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$252,700 → $323,700 (+28.1%)	$192,700 → $264,800 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $799 (-22.3%)	$1,043 → $1,179 (+13.0%)

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

Union Bridge

Population

872941

Median household income

$55,750$65,417

Median home value

$192,700$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taneytown	Union Bridge
Under 5	6.3%	10.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	12.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	7.9%
75 and over	8.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taneytown	Union Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	84.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taneytown	Union Bridge
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	40.9%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taneytown	Union Bridge
Drove alone	77.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.5%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taneytown	Union Bridge
1-unit, detached	65.7%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	21.8%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Taneytown	Union Bridge
Poverty rate	12.5%	18.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1992	1938