Clarksburg vs Olney

A side-by-side comparison of Clarksburg and Olney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olney has the higher population (36,000 vs 29,246 in Clarksburg). Clarksburg has the higher median household income ($178,641 vs $171,766 in Olney). Clarksburg has the higher median home value ($646,200 vs $632,400 in Olney).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksburg	Olney
Population	29,246	36,000
Median age	38.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$178,641	$171,766
Median home value	$646,200	$632,400
Median gross rent	$2,298	$2,409
Housing units	9,198	12,076
Homeownership rate	87.3%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksburg	Olney
Population	24,767 → 29,246 (+18.1%)	35,191 → 36,000 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$147,070 → $178,641 (+21.5%)	$143,396 → $171,766 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$482,500 → $646,200 (+33.9%)	$506,400 → $632,400 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,089 → $2,298 (+10.0%)	$1,948 → $2,409 (+23.7%)

Clarksburg

Population

24,76729,246

Median household income

$147,070$178,641

Median home value

$482,500$646,200

Median gross rent

$2,089$2,298

Olney

Population

35,19136,000

Median household income

$143,396$171,766

Median home value

$506,400$632,400

Median gross rent

$1,948$2,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksburg	Olney
Under 5	8.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.8%	20.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	19.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.3%
75 and over	3.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksburg	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	54.9%
Black or African American	15.7%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	40.6%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksburg	Olney
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	10.7%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksburg	Olney
Drove alone	60.1%	62.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.2%
Public transit	2.6%	2.3%
Walked	0.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	28.3%	26.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksburg	Olney
1-unit, detached	54.6%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	34.3%	28.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarksburg	Olney
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.4%
Average household size	3.25	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	2010	1986