Ashton-Sandy Spring vs Darnestown

A side-by-side comparison of Ashton-Sandy Spring and Darnestown: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashton-Sandy Spring and Darnestown are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Darnestown has the higher population (6,835 vs 5,418 in Ashton-Sandy Spring). Darnestown has the higher median household income ($217,679 vs $178,214 in Ashton-Sandy Spring). Darnestown has the higher median home value ($908,400 vs $812,000 in Ashton-Sandy Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Darnestown
Population	5,418	6,835
Median age	49.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$178,214	$217,679
Median home value	$812,000	$908,400
Median gross rent	$1,415	$3,501
Housing units	1,978	2,314
Homeownership rate	94.5%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	71.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Darnestown
Population	5,997 → 5,418 (-9.7%)	6,462 → 6,835 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$127,813 → $178,214 (+39.4%)	$216,250 → $217,679 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$653,900 → $812,000 (+24.2%)	$744,500 → $908,400 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,415 (+46.2%)	$1,688 → $3,501 (+107.4%)

Ashton-Sandy Spring

Population

5,9975,418

Median household income

$127,813$178,214

Median home value

$653,900$812,000

Median gross rent

$968$1,415

Darnestown

Population

6,4626,835

Median household income

$216,250$217,679

Median home value

$744,500$908,400

Median gross rent

$1,688$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Darnestown
Under 5	3.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	19.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.0%
75 and over	9.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Darnestown
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	69.0%
Black or African American	10.5%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	17.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Darnestown
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	12.6%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	38.4%	35.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Darnestown
Drove alone	58.4%	56.5%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.1%
Public transit	4.8%	4.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	30.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Darnestown
1-unit, detached	79.4%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Darnestown
Poverty rate	1.7%	0.9%
Average household size	2.79	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1985	1985