Adamstown vs New Market

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

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

Adamstown has the higher population (2,381 vs 1,588 in New Market). Adamstown has the higher median household income ($198,993 vs $198,080 in New Market). New Market has the higher median home value ($607,700 vs $585,000 in Adamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Adamstown	New Market
Population	2,381	1,588
Median age	46.2 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$198,993	$198,080
Median home value	$585,000	$607,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,694
Housing units	735	478
Homeownership rate	98.2%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adamstown	New Market
Population	2,512 → 2,381 (-5.2%)	1,551 → 1,588 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$160,625 → $198,993 (+23.9%)	$146,964 → $198,080 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$443,100 → $585,000 (+32.0%)	$449,400 → $607,700 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,795 → $1,694 (-5.6%)

Adamstown

Population

2,5122,381

Median household income

$160,625$198,993

Median home value

$443,100$585,000

New Market

Population

1,5511,588

Median household income

$146,964$198,080

Median home value

$449,400$607,700

Median gross rent

$1,795$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adamstown	New Market
Under 5	1.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	30.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	19.6%
45 to 54	19.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	5.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	4.3%
75 and over	2.8%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adamstown	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	81.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adamstown	New Market
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adamstown	New Market
Drove alone	69.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.7%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adamstown	New Market
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
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

	Adamstown	New Market
Poverty rate	0.7%	0.9%
Average household size	3.24	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	2002	2006