Buckeystown vs New Market

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

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

New Market has the higher population (1,588 vs 1,317 in Buckeystown). New Market has the higher median household income ($198,080 vs $141,250 in Buckeystown). New Market has the higher median home value ($607,700 vs $539,400 in Buckeystown).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeystown	New Market
Population	1,317	1,588
Median age	61.2 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$141,250	$198,080
Median home value	$539,400	$607,700
Median gross rent	$2,398	$1,694
Housing units	505	478
Homeownership rate	55.5%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeystown	New Market
Population	1,286 → 1,317 (+2.4%)	1,551 → 1,588 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$82,168 → $141,250 (+71.9%)	$146,964 → $198,080 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$406,500 → $539,400 (+32.7%)	$449,400 → $607,700 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,838 → $2,398 (+30.5%)	$1,795 → $1,694 (-5.6%)

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

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)

	Buckeystown	New Market
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	8.4%	30.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	19.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	17.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	5.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	4.3%
75 and over	32.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeystown	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	81.0%
Black or African American	8.4%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeystown	New Market
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeystown	New Market
Drove alone	76.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeystown	New Market
1-unit, detached	50.9%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.9%
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	New Market
Poverty rate	7.9%	0.9%
Average household size	2.28	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1995	2006