Hughesville vs Pomfret

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

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

Hughesville has the higher population (2,280 vs 670 in Pomfret). Hughesville has the higher median home value ($522,400 vs $413,300 in Pomfret). Since 2019, Pomfret's population has grown faster (+29.1% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hughesville	Pomfret
Population	2,280	670
Median age	55.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$122,981	—
Median home value	$522,400	$413,300
Housing units	989	183
Homeownership rate	98.3%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hughesville	Pomfret
Population	2,279 → 2,280 (+0.0%)	519 → 670 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$123,520 → $122,981 (-0.4%)	$108,640 → $146,406 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$425,700 → $522,400 (+22.7%)	$315,200 → $413,300 (+31.1%)

Hughesville

Population

2,2792,280

Median household income

$123,520$122,981

Median home value

$425,700$522,400

Pomfret

Population

519670

Median household income

$108,640$146,406

Median home value

$315,200$413,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hughesville	Pomfret
Under 5	3.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	18.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	5.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	25.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.6%
75 and over	12.8%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hughesville	Pomfret
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	11.8%
Black or African American	26.7%	37.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	28.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hughesville	Pomfret
No high school diploma	4.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hughesville	Pomfret
Drove alone	71.7%	97.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.6%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hughesville	Pomfret
1-unit, detached	97.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	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

	Hughesville	Pomfret
Poverty rate	1.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.46	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	48	41
Median year structure built	1990	1969