Burkittsville vs Lewistown

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

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

Lewistown has the higher population (329 vs 143 in Burkittsville). Burkittsville has the higher median household income ($102,708 vs $93,688 in Lewistown). Burkittsville has the higher median home value ($443,800 vs $306,300 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Burkittsville	Lewistown
Population	143	329
Median age	54.8 yrs	63.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,708	$93,688
Median home value	$443,800	$306,300
Median gross rent	$1,104	—
Housing units	69	147
Homeownership rate	71.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burkittsville	Lewistown
Population	151 → 143 (-5.3%)	410 → 329 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$80,417 → $102,708 (+27.7%)	$96,250 → $93,688 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$408,000 → $443,800 (+8.8%)	$240,500 → $306,300 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,104 (-13.8%)	—

Burkittsville

Population

151143

Median household income

$80,417$102,708

Median home value

$408,000$443,800

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,104

Lewistown

Population

410329

Median household income

$96,250$93,688

Median home value

$240,500$306,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burkittsville	Lewistown
Under 5	2.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	4.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	21.0%	2.1%
55 to 64	19.6%	7.6%
65 to 74	23.1%	21.6%
75 and over	6.3%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burkittsville	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burkittsville	Lewistown
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.8%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burkittsville	Lewistown
Drove alone	74.0%	67.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	0.0%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	33.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burkittsville	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	88.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burkittsville	Lewistown
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1938	1963