Grantsville vs Mountain Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Grantsville and Mountain Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain Lake Park has the higher population (2,033 vs 970 in Grantsville). Mountain Lake Park has the higher median household income ($58,418 vs $46,354 in Grantsville). Grantsville has the higher median home value ($230,800 vs $199,200 in Mountain Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Grantsville	Mountain Lake Park
Population	970	2,033
Median age	49.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,354	$58,418
Median home value	$230,800	$199,200
Median gross rent	$654	$720
Housing units	466	1,121
Homeownership rate	42.0%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grantsville	Mountain Lake Park
Population	638 → 970 (+52.0%)	2,184 → 2,033 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$35,500 → $46,354 (+30.6%)	$41,974 → $58,418 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $230,800 (+55.6%)	$142,100 → $199,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $654 (+27.2%)	$554 → $720 (+30.0%)

Grantsville

Population

638970

Median household income

$35,500$46,354

Median home value

$148,300$230,800

Median gross rent

$514$654

Mountain Lake Park

Population

2,1842,033

Median household income

$41,974$58,418

Median home value

$142,100$199,200

Median gross rent

$554$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grantsville	Mountain Lake Park
Under 5	2.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	7.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.7%
75 and over	23.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grantsville	Mountain Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grantsville	Mountain Lake Park
No high school diploma	13.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	29.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grantsville	Mountain Lake Park
Drove alone	85.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	4.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grantsville	Mountain Lake Park
1-unit, detached	46.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Grantsville	Mountain Lake Park
Poverty rate	23.9%	15.2%
Average household size	1.95	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1983	1979