Cavetown vs Sharpsburg

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

Cavetown and Sharpsburg 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 596 in Sharpsburg). Cavetown has the higher median household income ($103,866 vs $71,029 in Sharpsburg). Cavetown has the higher median home value ($306,500 vs $231,400 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Cavetown	Sharpsburg
Population	909	596
Median age	54.9 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,866	$71,029
Median home value	$306,500	$231,400
Median gross rent	$1,102	$850
Housing units	465	330
Homeownership rate	91.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavetown	Sharpsburg
Population	1,129 → 909 (-19.5%)	784 → 596 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$82,232 → $103,866 (+26.3%)	$70,375 → $71,029 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $306,500 (+40.1%)	$181,300 → $231,400 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,102 (-2.0%)	$769 → $850 (+10.5%)

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

Sharpsburg

Population

784596

Median household income

$70,375$71,029

Median home value

$181,300$231,400

Median gross rent

$769$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavetown	Sharpsburg
Under 5	1.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.1%
65 to 74	16.6%	19.8%
75 and over	17.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavetown	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavetown	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	15.8%	17.2%
High school graduate	18.1%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavetown	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	86.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavetown	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	95.9%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cavetown	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	41
Median year structure built	1961	1938