Green Valley vs Thurmont

A side-by-side comparison of Green Valley and Thurmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Green Valley has the higher population (13,187 vs 6,439 in Thurmont). Green Valley has the higher median household income ($174,221 vs $92,391 in Thurmont). Green Valley has the higher median home value ($579,100 vs $325,700 in Thurmont).

Population, income & housing

	Green Valley	Thurmont
Population	13,187	6,439
Median age	41.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$174,221	$92,391
Median home value	$579,100	$325,700
Median gross rent	$2,683	$1,011
Housing units	4,181	2,707
Homeownership rate	96.4%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Valley	Thurmont
Population	12,391 → 13,187 (+6.4%)	6,638 → 6,439 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$145,158 → $174,221 (+20.0%)	$78,245 → $92,391 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$445,900 → $579,100 (+29.9%)	$247,600 → $325,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,250 → $2,683 (+19.2%)	$1,135 → $1,011 (-10.9%)

Green Valley

Population

12,39113,187

Median household income

$145,158$174,221

Median home value

$445,900$579,100

Median gross rent

$2,250$2,683

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)

	Green Valley	Thurmont
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.8%
75 and over	5.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Valley	Thurmont
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	88.4%
Black or African American	7.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Valley	Thurmont
No high school diploma	2.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	22.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Valley	Thurmont
Drove alone	71.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Valley	Thurmont
1-unit, detached	98.3%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Valley	Thurmont
Poverty rate	2.9%	11.3%
Average household size	3.20	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1985	1987