Monrovia vs Thurmont

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

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

Thurmont has the higher population (6,439 vs 2,924 in Monrovia). Monrovia has the higher median household income ($234,712 vs $92,391 in Thurmont). Monrovia has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $325,700 in Thurmont).

Population, income & housing

	Monrovia	Thurmont
Population	2,924	6,439
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$234,712	$92,391
Median home value	$761,600	$325,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,011
Housing units	915	2,707
Homeownership rate	98.9%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monrovia	Thurmont
Population	903 → 2,924 (+223.8%)	6,638 → 6,439 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$148,580 → $234,712 (+58.0%)	$78,245 → $92,391 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$539,000 → $761,600 (+41.3%)	$247,600 → $325,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,135 → $1,011 (-10.9%)

Monrovia

Population

9032,924

Median household income

$148,580$234,712

Median home value

$539,000$761,600

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)

	Monrovia	Thurmont
Under 5	5.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	22.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	11.8%
75 and over	3.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monrovia	Thurmont
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	88.4%
Black or African American	11.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	30.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monrovia	Thurmont
No high school diploma	1.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	9.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monrovia	Thurmont
Drove alone	57.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.7%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monrovia	Thurmont
1-unit, detached	95.2%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monrovia	Thurmont
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.3%
Average household size	3.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	2015	1987