Breathedsville vs Clear Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Breathedsville and Clear Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clear Spring has the higher population (394 vs 346 in Breathedsville). Since 2019, Breathedsville's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -17.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Breathedsville	Clear Spring
Population	346	394
Median age	32.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$59,250
Median home value	—	$146,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,182
Housing units	102	163
Homeownership rate	55.9%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breathedsville	Clear Spring
Population	298 → 346 (+16.1%)	479 → 394 (-17.7%)
Median household income	—	$51,944 → $59,250 (+14.1%)
Median home value	—	$154,000 → $146,300 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$837 → $1,182 (+41.2%)

Breathedsville

Population

298346

Clear Spring

Population

479394

Median household income

$51,944$59,250

Median home value

$154,000$146,300

Median gross rent

$837$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breathedsville	Clear Spring
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	40.2%	26.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	19.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	17.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	4.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	16.2%	8.6%
75 and over	2.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breathedsville	Clear Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	77.7%
Black or African American	69.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breathedsville	Clear Spring
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.6%
High school graduate	20.3%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	63.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breathedsville	Clear Spring
Drove alone	76.3%	84.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breathedsville	Clear Spring
1-unit, detached	69.6%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Breathedsville	Clear Spring
Poverty rate	69.1%	7.3%
Average household size	3.39	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1989	1938