Bartonsville vs Emmitsburg

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

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

Emmitsburg has the higher population (2,855 vs 2,760 in Bartonsville). Bartonsville has the higher median household income ($146,641 vs $78,986 in Emmitsburg). Bartonsville has the higher median home value ($604,700 vs $300,900 in Emmitsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bartonsville	Emmitsburg
Population	2,760	2,855
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$146,641	$78,986
Median home value	$604,700	$300,900
Median gross rent	$1,645	$777
Housing units	927	1,119
Homeownership rate	95.2%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartonsville	Emmitsburg
Population	1,707 → 2,760 (+61.7%)	3,098 → 2,855 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$140,515 → $146,641 (+4.4%)	$70,917 → $78,986 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$448,600 → $604,700 (+34.8%)	$246,800 → $300,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$847 → $777 (-8.3%)

Bartonsville

Population

1,7072,760

Median household income

$140,515$146,641

Median home value

$448,600$604,700

Emmitsburg

Population

3,0982,855

Median household income

$70,917$78,986

Median home value

$246,800$300,900

Median gross rent

$847$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartonsville	Emmitsburg
Under 5	9.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	13.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	22.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.0%
75 and over	1.7%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartonsville	Emmitsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	83.5%
Black or African American	13.8%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartonsville	Emmitsburg
No high school diploma	3.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	17.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartonsville	Emmitsburg
Drove alone	64.9%	71.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.9%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartonsville	Emmitsburg
1-unit, detached	79.9%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bartonsville	Emmitsburg
Poverty rate	5.2%	11.6%
Average household size	3.10	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	2012	1991