Ashton-Sandy Spring vs Poolesville

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

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

Poolesville has the higher population (5,704 vs 5,418 in Ashton-Sandy Spring). Poolesville has the higher median household income ($216,653 vs $178,214 in Ashton-Sandy Spring). Ashton-Sandy Spring has the higher median home value ($812,000 vs $672,300 in Poolesville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Poolesville
Population	5,418	5,704
Median age	49.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$178,214	$216,653
Median home value	$812,000	$672,300
Median gross rent	$1,415	—
Housing units	1,978	2,030
Homeownership rate	94.5%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	67.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Poolesville
Population	5,997 → 5,418 (-9.7%)	5,191 → 5,704 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$127,813 → $178,214 (+39.4%)	$180,524 → $216,653 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$653,900 → $812,000 (+24.2%)	$475,000 → $672,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,415 (+46.2%)	$2,078 → $1,786 (-14.1%)

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

Poolesville

Population

5,1915,704

Median household income

$180,524$216,653

Median home value

$475,000$672,300

Median gross rent

$2,078$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Poolesville
Under 5	3.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	9.9%
75 and over	9.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Poolesville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	73.3%
Black or African American	10.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Poolesville
No high school diploma	9.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	12.6%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	38.4%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Poolesville
Drove alone	58.4%	55.1%
Carpooled	2.1%	4.2%
Public transit	4.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.3%	37.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Poolesville
1-unit, detached	79.4%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashton-Sandy Spring	Poolesville
Poverty rate	1.7%	2.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	37	36
Median year structure built	1985	1985