Thurmont vs Urbana

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

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

Urbana has the higher population (13,897 vs 6,439 in Thurmont). Urbana has the higher median household income ($178,231 vs $92,391 in Thurmont). Urbana has the higher median home value ($596,400 vs $325,700 in Thurmont).

Population, income & housing

	Thurmont	Urbana
Population	6,439	13,897
Median age	41.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,391	$178,231
Median home value	$325,700	$596,400
Median gross rent	$1,011	$2,571
Housing units	2,707	4,341
Homeownership rate	75.1%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	65.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thurmont	Urbana
Population	6,638 → 6,439 (-3.0%)	12,587 → 13,897 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$78,245 → $92,391 (+18.1%)	$155,000 → $178,231 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$247,600 → $325,700 (+31.5%)	$524,100 → $596,400 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,011 (-10.9%)	$2,254 → $2,571 (+14.1%)

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

Urbana

Population

12,58713,897

Median household income

$155,000$178,231

Median home value

$524,100$596,400

Median gross rent

$2,254$2,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thurmont	Urbana
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	27.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	19.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	18.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	5.7%
75 and over	4.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thurmont	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	46.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	18.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thurmont	Urbana
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	35.1%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thurmont	Urbana
Drove alone	76.4%	65.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.2%	26.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thurmont	Urbana
1-unit, detached	67.9%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Thurmont	Urbana
Poverty rate	11.3%	1.4%
Average household size	2.47	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1987	2007