Frenchtown-Rumbly vs Smith Island

A side-by-side comparison of Frenchtown-Rumbly and Smith Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Frenchtown-Rumbly and Smith Island are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smith Island has the higher population (340 vs 8 in Frenchtown-Rumbly). Since 2019, Smith Island's population has grown faster (+128.2% vs -92.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Frenchtown-Rumbly	Smith Island
Population	8	340
Median age	—	57.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$82,443
Median home value	—	$104,800
Housing units	15	247
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	—	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frenchtown-Rumbly	Smith Island
Population	109 → 8 (-92.7%)	149 → 340 (+128.2%)
Median household income	—	$69,688 → $82,443 (+18.3%)
Median home value	—	$110,800 → $104,800 (-5.4%)

Frenchtown-Rumbly

Population

1098

Smith Island

Population

149340

Median household income

$69,688$82,443

Median home value

$110,800$104,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frenchtown-Rumbly	Smith Island
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	19.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	100.0%	26.5%
75 and over	0.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frenchtown-Rumbly	Smith Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frenchtown-Rumbly	Smith Island
No high school diploma	100.0%	45.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frenchtown-Rumbly	Smith Island
Drove alone	—	31.7%
Carpooled	—	2.9%
Public transit	—	3.6%
Walked	—	15.8%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	23.7%
Other means	—	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frenchtown-Rumbly	Smith Island
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Frenchtown-Rumbly	Smith Island
Poverty rate	100.0%	17.9%
Average household size	—	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	—	9
Median year structure built	—	1950