Boonsboro vs Williamsport

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

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

Boonsboro has the higher population (3,799 vs 2,133 in Williamsport). Boonsboro has the higher median household income ($93,730 vs $58,590 in Williamsport). Boonsboro has the higher median home value ($342,600 vs $225,900 in Williamsport).

Population, income & housing

	Boonsboro	Williamsport
Population	3,799	2,133
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,730	$58,590
Median home value	$342,600	$225,900
Median gross rent	$1,197	$1,062
Housing units	1,530	1,128
Homeownership rate	76.0%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonsboro	Williamsport
Population	3,556 → 3,799 (+6.8%)	1,996 → 2,133 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$75,769 → $93,730 (+23.7%)	$37,147 → $58,590 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$271,600 → $342,600 (+26.1%)	$160,700 → $225,900 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,359 → $1,197 (-11.9%)	$838 → $1,062 (+26.7%)

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

Williamsport

Population

1,9962,133

Median household income

$37,147$58,590

Median home value

$160,700$225,900

Median gross rent

$838$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonsboro	Williamsport
Under 5	3.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	25.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	7.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.0%
75 and over	9.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonsboro	Williamsport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	86.3%
Black or African American	5.4%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonsboro	Williamsport
No high school diploma	4.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonsboro	Williamsport
Drove alone	78.6%	88.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	1.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonsboro	Williamsport
1-unit, detached	79.8%	34.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	20.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boonsboro	Williamsport
Poverty rate	5.2%	23.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1968	1962