Indian Head vs Pomfret

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

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

Indian Head has the higher population (3,982 vs 670 in Pomfret). Pomfret has the higher median home value ($413,300 vs $258,900 in Indian Head). Since 2019, Pomfret's population has grown faster (+29.1% vs +4.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Head	Pomfret
Population	3,982	670
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,898	—
Median home value	$258,900	$413,300
Median gross rent	$1,326	—
Housing units	1,625	183
Homeownership rate	71.7%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Head	Pomfret
Population	3,822 → 3,982 (+4.2%)	519 → 670 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$69,355 → $84,898 (+22.4%)	$108,640 → $146,406 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$220,900 → $258,900 (+17.2%)	$315,200 → $413,300 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,473 → $1,326 (-10.0%)	—

Indian Head

Population

3,8223,982

Median household income

$69,355$84,898

Median home value

$220,900$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,326

Pomfret

Population

519670

Median household income

$108,640$146,406

Median home value

$315,200$413,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Head	Pomfret
Under 5	6.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	18.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	16.7%	5.8%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	7.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.6%
75 and over	3.2%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Head	Pomfret
White (non-Hispanic)	24.1%	11.8%
Black or African American	60.5%	37.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	3.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	28.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Head	Pomfret
No high school diploma	6.5%	15.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Head	Pomfret
Drove alone	76.7%	97.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Head	Pomfret
1-unit, detached	48.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	49.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian Head	Pomfret
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.51	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	47	41
Median year structure built	1982	1969