Abingdon vs Jarrettsville

A side-by-side comparison of Abingdon and Jarrettsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abingdon has the higher population (5,727 vs 2,629 in Jarrettsville). Jarrettsville has the higher median household income ($161,510 vs $147,652 in Abingdon). Jarrettsville has the higher median home value ($487,500 vs $358,700 in Abingdon).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Jarrettsville
Population	5,727	2,629
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$147,652	$161,510
Median home value	$358,700	$487,500
Median gross rent	$1,940	—
Housing units	1,863	1,007
Homeownership rate	93.4%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Jarrettsville
Population	5,324 → 5,727 (+7.6%)	3,023 → 2,629 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$128,478 → $147,652 (+14.9%)	$118,036 → $161,510 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$310,700 → $358,700 (+15.4%)	$439,500 → $487,500 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,774 → $1,940 (+9.4%)	$1,258 → $1,543 (+22.7%)

Abingdon

Population

5,3245,727

Median household income

$128,478$147,652

Median home value

$310,700$358,700

Median gross rent

$1,774$1,940

Jarrettsville

Population

3,0232,629

Median household income

$118,036$161,510

Median home value

$439,500$487,500

Median gross rent

$1,258$1,543

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	Jarrettsville
Under 5	12.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.0%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.6%
75 and over	2.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Jarrettsville
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	40.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Jarrettsville
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	22.2%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Jarrettsville
Drove alone	81.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.9%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	22.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Jarrettsville
1-unit, detached	63.0%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Jarrettsville
Poverty rate	4.5%	1.0%
Average household size	3.11	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1998	1979