Friendsville vs Grantsville

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

Friendsville 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 379 in Friendsville). Grantsville has the higher median household income ($46,354 vs $44,514 in Friendsville). Grantsville has the higher median home value ($230,800 vs $145,800 in Friendsville).

Population, income & housing

	Friendsville	Grantsville
Population	379	970
Median age	50.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,514	$46,354
Median home value	$145,800	$230,800
Median gross rent	$625	$654
Housing units	232	466
Homeownership rate	59.2%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendsville	Grantsville
Population	564 → 379 (-32.8%)	638 → 970 (+52.0%)
Median household income	$44,432 → $44,514 (+0.2%)	$35,500 → $46,354 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $145,800 (+27.4%)	$148,300 → $230,800 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$460 → $625 (+35.9%)	$514 → $654 (+27.2%)

Friendsville

Population

564379

Median household income

$44,432$44,514

Median home value

$114,400$145,800

Median gross rent

$460$625

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)

	Friendsville	Grantsville
Under 5	2.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	3.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	4.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.3%
75 and over	16.4%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendsville	Grantsville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	98.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendsville	Grantsville
No high school diploma	12.6%	13.6%
High school graduate	41.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendsville	Grantsville
Drove alone	67.7%	85.1%
Carpooled	22.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendsville	Grantsville
1-unit, detached	57.3%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	26.2%
20 or more units	11.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Friendsville	Grantsville
Poverty rate	24.3%	23.9%
Average household size	1.89	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	40	23
Median year structure built	1953	1983