Cavetown vs Downsville

A side-by-side comparison of Cavetown and Downsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cavetown has the higher population (909 vs 822 in Downsville). Downsville has the higher median household income ($212,605 vs $103,866 in Cavetown). Downsville has the higher median home value ($344,600 vs $306,500 in Cavetown).

Population, income & housing

	Cavetown	Downsville
Population	909	822
Median age	54.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,866	$212,605
Median home value	$306,500	$344,600
Median gross rent	$1,102	—
Housing units	465	228
Homeownership rate	91.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavetown	Downsville
Population	1,129 → 909 (-19.5%)	318 → 822 (+158.5%)
Median household income	$82,232 → $103,866 (+26.3%)	$48,500 → $212,605 (+338.4%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $306,500 (+40.1%)	$317,800 → $344,600 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,102 (-2.0%)	—

Cavetown

Population

1,129909

Median household income

$82,232$103,866

Median home value

$218,800$306,500

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,102

Downsville

Population

318822

Median household income

$48,500$212,605

Median home value

$317,800$344,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavetown	Downsville
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	41.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	27.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	1.2%
75 and over	17.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavetown	Downsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavetown	Downsville
No high school diploma	15.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	18.1%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavetown	Downsville
Drove alone	86.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavetown	Downsville
1-unit, detached	95.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cavetown	Downsville
Poverty rate	2.1%	1.9%
Average household size	2.27	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1961	1992