Boonsboro vs Fountainhead-Orchard Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Boonsboro and Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Boonsboro and Fountainhead-Orchard Hills are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills has the higher population (6,364 vs 3,799 in Boonsboro). Fountainhead-Orchard Hills has the higher median household income ($97,743 vs $93,730 in Boonsboro). Boonsboro has the higher median home value ($342,600 vs $321,900 in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Boonsboro	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
Population	3,799	6,364
Median age	38.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,730	$97,743
Median home value	$342,600	$321,900
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,518
Housing units	1,530	2,644
Homeownership rate	76.0%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonsboro	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
Population	3,556 → 3,799 (+6.8%)	5,774 → 6,364 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,730 (+23.7%)	$71,719 → $97,743 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$271,600 → $342,600 (+26.1%)	$231,900 → $321,900 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,359 → $1,197 (-11.9%)	$1,194 → $1,518 (+27.1%)

Boonsboro

Population

3,5563,799

Median household income

$75,769$93,730

Median home value

$271,600$342,600

Median gross rent

$1,359$1,197

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills

Population

5,7746,364

Median household income

$71,719$97,743

Median home value

$231,900$321,900

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonsboro	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
Under 5	3.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	25.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	17.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.6%
75 and over	9.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonsboro	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	68.8%
Black or African American	5.4%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonsboro	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
No high school diploma	4.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonsboro	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
Drove alone	78.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	10.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonsboro	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
1-unit, detached	79.8%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Boonsboro	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
Poverty rate	5.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1968	1978