Benedict vs Pomfret

A side-by-side comparison of Benedict and Pomfret: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pomfret has the higher population (670 vs 68 in Benedict). Since 2019, Pomfret's population has grown faster (+29.1% vs -66.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Benedict	Pomfret
Population	68	670
Median age	75.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median home value	—	$413,300
Housing units	42	183
Homeownership rate	71.4%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benedict	Pomfret
Population	203 → 68 (-66.5%)	519 → 670 (+29.1%)
Median household income	—	$108,640 → $146,406 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$236,300 → $245,300 (+3.8%)	$315,200 → $413,300 (+31.1%)

Benedict

Population

20368

Median home value

$236,300$245,300

Pomfret

Population

519670

Median household income

$108,640$146,406

Median home value

$315,200$413,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benedict	Pomfret
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	18.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	7.8%
65 to 74	47.1%	11.6%
75 and over	52.9%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benedict	Pomfret
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	37.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	28.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benedict	Pomfret
No high school diploma	16.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	54.4%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benedict	Pomfret
Drove alone	100.0%	97.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.6%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benedict	Pomfret
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benedict	Pomfret
Poverty rate	51.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.62	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1938	1969