Accident vs Grantsville

A side-by-side comparison of Accident and Grantsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grantsville has the higher population (970 vs 436 in Accident). Accident has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $46,354 in Grantsville). Grantsville has the higher median home value ($230,800 vs $206,500 in Accident).

Population, income & housing

	Accident	Grantsville
Population	436	970
Median age	32.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$46,354
Median home value	$206,500	$230,800
Median gross rent	—	$654
Housing units	206	466
Homeownership rate	58.9%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accident	Grantsville
Population	335 → 436 (+30.1%)	638 → 970 (+52.0%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $58,750 (+2.2%)	$35,500 → $46,354 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$144,300 → $206,500 (+43.1%)	$148,300 → $230,800 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$514 → $654 (+27.2%)

Accident

Population

335436

Median household income

$57,500$58,750

Median home value

$144,300$206,500

Grantsville

Population

638970

Median household income

$35,500$46,354

Median home value

$148,300$230,800

Median gross rent

$514$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accident	Grantsville
Under 5	7.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	18.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	4.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.3%
75 and over	5.3%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accident	Grantsville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accident	Grantsville
No high school diploma	4.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accident	Grantsville
Drove alone	80.6%	85.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.2%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accident	Grantsville
1-unit, detached	65.0%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	26.2%
20 or more units	22.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Accident	Grantsville
Poverty rate	24.8%	23.9%
Average household size	2.27	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1980	1983