Urbana vs Walkersville

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

Urbana and Walkersville 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 6,352 in Walkersville). Urbana has the higher median household income ($178,231 vs $137,218 in Walkersville). Urbana has the higher median home value ($596,400 vs $442,300 in Walkersville).

Population, income & housing

	Urbana	Walkersville
Population	13,897	6,352
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$178,231	$137,218
Median home value	$596,400	$442,300
Median gross rent	$2,571	$1,390
Housing units	4,341	2,451
Homeownership rate	79.0%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.2%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Urbana	Walkersville
Population	12,587 → 13,897 (+10.4%)	6,179 → 6,352 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$155,000 → $178,231 (+15.0%)	$93,049 → $137,218 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$524,100 → $596,400 (+13.8%)	$290,800 → $442,300 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,254 → $2,571 (+14.1%)	$1,344 → $1,390 (+3.4%)

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

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)

	Urbana	Walkersville
Under 5	6.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	27.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	19.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	18.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.9%
75 and over	2.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Urbana	Walkersville
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	74.7%
Black or African American	12.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	18.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Urbana	Walkersville
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	11.9%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Urbana	Walkersville
Drove alone	65.3%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.3%	1.5%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	16.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Urbana	Walkersville
1-unit, detached	43.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	46.2%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Urbana	Walkersville
Poverty rate	1.4%	2.3%
Average household size	3.24	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	2007	1987