Downsville vs Highfield-Cascade

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

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

Highfield-Cascade has the higher population (1,079 vs 822 in Downsville). Downsville has the higher median household income ($212,605 vs $62,857 in Highfield-Cascade). Downsville has the higher median home value ($344,600 vs $225,600 in Highfield-Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Downsville	Highfield-Cascade
Population	822	1,079
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$212,605	$62,857
Median home value	$344,600	$225,600
Housing units	228	452
Homeownership rate	71.5%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downsville	Highfield-Cascade
Population	318 → 822 (+158.5%)	809 → 1,079 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$48,500 → $212,605 (+338.4%)	$66,375 → $62,857 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$317,800 → $344,600 (+8.4%)	$210,500 → $225,600 (+7.2%)

Downsville

Population

318822

Median household income

$48,500$212,605

Median home value

$317,800$344,600

Highfield-Cascade

Population

8091,079

Median household income

$66,375$62,857

Median home value

$210,500$225,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downsville	Highfield-Cascade
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	41.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	27.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	1.2%	14.4%
75 and over	3.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downsville	Highfield-Cascade
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downsville	Highfield-Cascade
No high school diploma	3.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downsville	Highfield-Cascade
Drove alone	100.0%	69.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	27.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downsville	Highfield-Cascade
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Downsville	Highfield-Cascade
Poverty rate	1.9%	4.1%
Average household size	3.61	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	44
Median year structure built	1992	1949