Spring Ridge vs Walkersville

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

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

Walkersville has the higher population (6,352 vs 5,720 in Spring Ridge). Spring Ridge has the higher median household income ($143,079 vs $137,218 in Walkersville). Spring Ridge has the higher median home value ($443,800 vs $442,300 in Walkersville).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Ridge	Walkersville
Population	5,720	6,352
Median age	37.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$143,079	$137,218
Median home value	$443,800	$442,300
Median gross rent	$1,804	$1,390
Housing units	2,136	2,451
Homeownership rate	87.4%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.6%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Ridge	Walkersville
Population	5,876 → 5,720 (-2.7%)	6,179 → 6,352 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$114,306 → $143,079 (+25.2%)	$93,049 → $137,218 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$341,300 → $443,800 (+30.0%)	$290,800 → $442,300 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,654 → $1,804 (+9.1%)	$1,344 → $1,390 (+3.4%)

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

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)

	Spring Ridge	Walkersville
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.9%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Ridge	Walkersville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	74.7%
Black or African American	5.8%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Ridge	Walkersville
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	15.1%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Ridge	Walkersville
Drove alone	63.6%	75.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	5.4%
Public transit	1.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	16.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Ridge	Walkersville
1-unit, detached	55.5%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	26.6%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.2%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Spring Ridge	Walkersville
Poverty rate	1.7%	2.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1996	1987