Ballenger Creek vs Thurmont

A side-by-side comparison of Ballenger Creek and Thurmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ballenger Creek has the higher population (25,866 vs 6,439 in Thurmont). Ballenger Creek has the higher median household income ($108,385 vs $92,391 in Thurmont). Ballenger Creek has the higher median home value ($369,800 vs $325,700 in Thurmont).

Population, income & housing

	Ballenger Creek	Thurmont
Population	25,866	6,439
Median age	34.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,385	$92,391
Median home value	$369,800	$325,700
Median gross rent	$1,913	$1,011
Housing units	9,934	2,707
Homeownership rate	67.0%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballenger Creek	Thurmont
Population	21,080 → 25,866 (+22.7%)	6,638 → 6,439 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$91,143 → $108,385 (+18.9%)	$78,245 → $92,391 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$267,300 → $369,800 (+38.3%)	$247,600 → $325,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $1,913 (+19.9%)	$1,135 → $1,011 (-10.9%)

Ballenger Creek

Population

21,08025,866

Median household income

$91,143$108,385

Median home value

$267,300$369,800

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,913

Thurmont

Population

6,6386,439

Median household income

$78,245$92,391

Median home value

$247,600$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Thurmont
Under 5	8.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	11.8%
75 and over	3.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Thurmont
White (non-Hispanic)	49.2%	88.4%
Black or African American	20.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballenger Creek	Thurmont
No high school diploma	4.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Thurmont
Drove alone	68.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	14.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballenger Creek	Thurmont
1-unit, detached	23.8%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	50.5%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	10.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballenger Creek	Thurmont
Poverty rate	11.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1998	1987