Thurmont vs Walkersville

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

Thurmont and Walkersville 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 6,352 in Walkersville). Walkersville has the higher median household income ($137,218 vs $92,391 in Thurmont). Walkersville has the higher median home value ($442,300 vs $325,700 in Thurmont).

Population, income & housing

	Thurmont	Walkersville
Population	6,439	6,352
Median age	41.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,391	$137,218
Median home value	$325,700	$442,300
Median gross rent	$1,011	$1,390
Housing units	2,707	2,451
Homeownership rate	75.1%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thurmont	Walkersville
Population	6,638 → 6,439 (-3.0%)	6,179 → 6,352 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$78,245 → $92,391 (+18.1%)	$93,049 → $137,218 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$247,600 → $325,700 (+31.5%)	$290,800 → $442,300 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,011 (-10.9%)	$1,344 → $1,390 (+3.4%)

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

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)

	Thurmont	Walkersville
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.9%
75 and over	4.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thurmont	Walkersville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	74.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thurmont	Walkersville
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thurmont	Walkersville
Drove alone	76.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.5%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	16.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thurmont	Walkersville
1-unit, detached	67.9%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Thurmont	Walkersville
Poverty rate	11.3%	2.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1987	1987