Linganore vs Thurmont

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

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

Linganore has the higher population (13,044 vs 6,439 in Thurmont). Linganore has the higher median household income ($173,763 vs $92,391 in Thurmont). Linganore has the higher median home value ($498,100 vs $325,700 in Thurmont).

Population, income & housing

	Linganore	Thurmont
Population	13,044	6,439
Median age	35.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$173,763	$92,391
Median home value	$498,100	$325,700
Median gross rent	$2,281	$1,011
Housing units	4,381	2,707
Homeownership rate	93.1%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linganore	Thurmont
Population	9,112 → 13,044 (+43.2%)	6,638 → 6,439 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$141,853 → $173,763 (+22.5%)	$78,245 → $92,391 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$388,700 → $498,100 (+28.1%)	$247,600 → $325,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,016 → $2,281 (+13.1%)	$1,135 → $1,011 (-10.9%)

Linganore

Population

9,11213,044

Median household income

$141,853$173,763

Median home value

$388,700$498,100

Median gross rent

$2,016$2,281

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)

	Linganore	Thurmont
Under 5	7.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	11.8%
75 and over	2.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linganore	Thurmont
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linganore	Thurmont
No high school diploma	2.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	12.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linganore	Thurmont
Drove alone	68.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	14.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linganore	Thurmont
1-unit, detached	77.7%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	10.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linganore	Thurmont
Poverty rate	1.5%	11.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1998	1987