Adamstown vs Bartonsville

A side-by-side comparison of Adamstown and Bartonsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bartonsville has the higher population (2,760 vs 2,381 in Adamstown). Adamstown has the higher median household income ($198,993 vs $146,641 in Bartonsville). Bartonsville has the higher median home value ($604,700 vs $585,000 in Adamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Adamstown	Bartonsville
Population	2,381	2,760
Median age	46.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$198,993	$146,641
Median home value	$585,000	$604,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,645
Housing units	735	927
Homeownership rate	98.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adamstown	Bartonsville
Population	2,512 → 2,381 (-5.2%)	1,707 → 2,760 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$160,625 → $198,993 (+23.9%)	$140,515 → $146,641 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$443,100 → $585,000 (+32.0%)	$448,600 → $604,700 (+34.8%)

Adamstown

Population

2,5122,381

Median household income

$160,625$198,993

Median home value

$443,100$585,000

Bartonsville

Population

1,7072,760

Median household income

$140,515$146,641

Median home value

$448,600$604,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adamstown	Bartonsville
Under 5	1.6%	9.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	22.3%
45 to 54	19.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	19.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.9%
75 and over	2.8%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adamstown	Bartonsville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	60.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adamstown	Bartonsville
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adamstown	Bartonsville
Drove alone	69.5%	64.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	25.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adamstown	Bartonsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.3%
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%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Adamstown	Bartonsville
Poverty rate	0.7%	5.2%
Average household size	3.24	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	2002	2012