Spring Ridge vs Thurmont

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

Spring Ridge 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 5,720 in Spring Ridge). Spring Ridge has the higher median household income ($143,079 vs $92,391 in Thurmont). Spring Ridge has the higher median home value ($443,800 vs $325,700 in Thurmont).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Ridge	Thurmont
Population	5,720	6,439
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$143,079	$92,391
Median home value	$443,800	$325,700
Median gross rent	$1,804	$1,011
Housing units	2,136	2,707
Homeownership rate	87.4%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Ridge	Thurmont
Population	5,876 → 5,720 (-2.7%)	6,638 → 6,439 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$114,306 → $143,079 (+25.2%)	$78,245 → $92,391 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$341,300 → $443,800 (+30.0%)	$247,600 → $325,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,654 → $1,804 (+9.1%)	$1,135 → $1,011 (-10.9%)

Spring Ridge

Population

5,8765,720

Median household income

$114,306$143,079

Median home value

$341,300$443,800

Median gross rent

$1,654$1,804

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)

	Spring Ridge	Thurmont
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.8%
75 and over	5.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Ridge	Thurmont
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	5.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Ridge	Thurmont
No high school diploma	2.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	15.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Ridge	Thurmont
Drove alone	63.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	14.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Ridge	Thurmont
1-unit, detached	55.5%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	26.6%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	6.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spring Ridge	Thurmont
Poverty rate	1.7%	11.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1996	1987