Downsville vs Funkstown

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

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

Funkstown has the higher population (826 vs 822 in Downsville). Downsville has the higher median household income ($212,605 vs $58,438 in Funkstown). Downsville has the higher median home value ($344,600 vs $241,900 in Funkstown).

Population, income & housing

	Downsville	Funkstown
Population	822	826
Median age	40.0 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$212,605	$58,438
Median home value	$344,600	$241,900
Median gross rent	—	$802
Housing units	228	487
Homeownership rate	71.5%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downsville	Funkstown
Population	318 → 822 (+158.5%)	959 → 826 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$48,500 → $212,605 (+338.4%)	$38,009 → $58,438 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$317,800 → $344,600 (+8.4%)	$158,400 → $241,900 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $802 (+14.6%)

Downsville

Population

318822

Median household income

$48,500$212,605

Median home value

$317,800$344,600

Funkstown

Population

959826

Median household income

$38,009$58,438

Median home value

$158,400$241,900

Median gross rent

$700$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downsville	Funkstown
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.9%
18 to 24	41.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	5.7%
35 to 44	27.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	22.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	26.6%
65 to 74	1.2%	13.3%
75 and over	3.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downsville	Funkstown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downsville	Funkstown
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downsville	Funkstown
Drove alone	100.0%	60.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downsville	Funkstown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Downsville	Funkstown
Poverty rate	1.9%	6.5%
Average household size	3.61	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1992	1955