Linganore vs Walkersville

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

Linganore and Walkersville 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 6,352 in Walkersville). Linganore has the higher median household income ($173,763 vs $137,218 in Walkersville). Linganore has the higher median home value ($498,100 vs $442,300 in Walkersville).

Population, income & housing

	Linganore	Walkersville
Population	13,044	6,352
Median age	35.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$173,763	$137,218
Median home value	$498,100	$442,300
Median gross rent	$2,281	$1,390
Housing units	4,381	2,451
Homeownership rate	93.1%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.9%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linganore	Walkersville
Population	9,112 → 13,044 (+43.2%)	6,179 → 6,352 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$141,853 → $173,763 (+22.5%)	$93,049 → $137,218 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$388,700 → $498,100 (+28.1%)	$290,800 → $442,300 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,016 → $2,281 (+13.1%)	$1,344 → $1,390 (+3.4%)

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

Walkersville

Population

6,1796,352

Median household income

$93,049$137,218

Median home value

$290,800$442,300

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linganore	Walkersville
Under 5	7.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.1%	10.9%
75 and over	2.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linganore	Walkersville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	74.7%
Black or African American	5.3%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linganore	Walkersville
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	12.6%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linganore	Walkersville
Drove alone	68.7%	75.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	16.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linganore	Walkersville
1-unit, detached	77.7%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Linganore	Walkersville
Poverty rate	1.5%	2.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	39	37
Median year structure built	1998	1987