Beaver Creek vs Sharpsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Creek and Sharpsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (596 vs 521 in Beaver Creek). Beaver Creek has the higher median home value ($629,400 vs $231,400 in Sharpsburg). Since 2019, Beaver Creek's population has grown faster (+71.4% vs -24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Creek	Sharpsburg
Population	521	596
Median age	44.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,029
Median home value	$629,400	$231,400
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	166	330
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Creek	Sharpsburg
Population	304 → 521 (+71.4%)	784 → 596 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$187,708 → $155,500 (-17.2%)	$70,375 → $71,029 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $629,400 (+16.2%)	$181,300 → $231,400 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $850 (+10.5%)

Beaver Creek

Population

304521

Median household income

$187,708$155,500

Median home value

$541,700$629,400

Sharpsburg

Population

784596

Median household income

$70,375$71,029

Median home value

$181,300$231,400

Median gross rent

$769$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Creek	Sharpsburg
Under 5	2.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	34.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	21.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.8%
75 and over	3.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Creek	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	49.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Creek	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	17.2%
High school graduate	27.1%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Creek	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	79.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Creek	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Creek	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	44	41
Median year structure built	1999	1938