Buckeystown vs Lewistown

A side-by-side comparison of Buckeystown and Lewistown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buckeystown has the higher population (1,317 vs 329 in Lewistown). Buckeystown has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $93,688 in Lewistown). Buckeystown has the higher median home value ($539,400 vs $306,300 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeystown	Lewistown
Population	1,317	329
Median age	61.2 yrs	63.7 yrs
Median household income	$141,250	$93,688
Median home value	$539,400	$306,300
Median gross rent	$2,398	—
Housing units	505	147
Homeownership rate	55.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeystown	Lewistown
Population	1,286 → 1,317 (+2.4%)	410 → 329 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$82,168 → $141,250 (+71.9%)	$96,250 → $93,688 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$406,500 → $539,400 (+32.7%)	$240,500 → $306,300 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,838 → $2,398 (+30.5%)	—

Buckeystown

Population

1,2861,317

Median household income

$82,168$141,250

Median home value

$406,500$539,400

Median gross rent

$1,838$2,398

Lewistown

Population

410329

Median household income

$96,250$93,688

Median home value

$240,500$306,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeystown	Lewistown
Under 5	5.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	8.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	2.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	7.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	21.6%
75 and over	32.1%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeystown	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	8.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeystown	Lewistown
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	17.3%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeystown	Lewistown
Drove alone	76.9%	67.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	33.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeystown	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	50.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckeystown	Lewistown
Poverty rate	7.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1995	1963