Boonsboro vs Hagerstown

A side-by-side comparison of Boonsboro and Hagerstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hagerstown has the higher population (43,490 vs 3,799 in Boonsboro). Boonsboro has the higher median household income ($93,730 vs $49,957 in Hagerstown). Boonsboro has the higher median home value ($342,600 vs $207,700 in Hagerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Boonsboro	Hagerstown
Population	3,799	43,490
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,730	$49,957
Median home value	$342,600	$207,700
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,041
Housing units	1,530	19,996
Homeownership rate	76.0%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonsboro	Hagerstown
Population	3,556 → 3,799 (+6.8%)	40,152 → 43,490 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,730 (+23.7%)	$40,800 → $49,957 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$271,600 → $342,600 (+26.1%)	$155,700 → $207,700 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,359 → $1,197 (-11.9%)	$832 → $1,041 (+25.1%)

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

Hagerstown

Population

40,15243,490

Median household income

$40,800$49,957

Median home value

$155,700$207,700

Median gross rent

$832$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonsboro	Hagerstown
Under 5	3.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	25.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.2%
75 and over	9.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonsboro	Hagerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	57.6%
Black or African American	5.4%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonsboro	Hagerstown
No high school diploma	4.2%	14.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonsboro	Hagerstown
Drove alone	78.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	10.3%
Other means	1.2%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonsboro	Hagerstown
1-unit, detached	79.8%	33.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	29.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Boonsboro	Hagerstown
Poverty rate	5.2%	22.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1968	1962