Darnestown vs Poolesville

A side-by-side comparison of Darnestown and Poolesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Darnestown and Poolesville 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 5,704 in Poolesville). Darnestown has the higher median household income ($217,679 vs $216,653 in Poolesville). Darnestown has the higher median home value ($908,400 vs $672,300 in Poolesville).

Population, income & housing

	Darnestown	Poolesville
Population	6,835	5,704
Median age	46.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$217,679	$216,653
Median home value	$908,400	$672,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	2,314	2,030
Homeownership rate	94.4%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	67.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darnestown	Poolesville
Population	6,462 → 6,835 (+5.8%)	5,191 → 5,704 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$216,250 → $217,679 (+0.7%)	$180,524 → $216,653 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$744,500 → $908,400 (+22.0%)	$475,000 → $672,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $3,501 (+107.4%)	$2,078 → $1,786 (-14.1%)

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

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)

	Darnestown	Poolesville
Under 5	4.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	19.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.9%
75 and over	6.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darnestown	Poolesville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	73.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.4%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darnestown	Poolesville
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	7.4%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darnestown	Poolesville
Drove alone	56.5%	55.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.2%
Public transit	4.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	37.6%
Other means	3.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darnestown	Poolesville
1-unit, detached	94.6%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darnestown	Poolesville
Poverty rate	0.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.95	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	39	36
Median year structure built	1985	1985