Downsville vs Mount Aetna

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

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

Downsville has the higher population (822 vs 581 in Mount Aetna). Downsville has the higher median household income ($212,605 vs $120,417 in Mount Aetna). Mount Aetna has the higher median home value ($457,100 vs $344,600 in Downsville).

Population, income & housing

	Downsville	Mount Aetna
Population	822	581
Median age	40.0 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$212,605	$120,417
Median home value	$344,600	$457,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,184
Housing units	228	202
Homeownership rate	71.5%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downsville	Mount Aetna
Population	318 → 822 (+158.5%)	689 → 581 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$48,500 → $212,605 (+338.4%)	$140,833 → $120,417 (-14.5%)
Median home value	$317,800 → $344,600 (+8.4%)	$386,800 → $457,100 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,775 → $1,184 (-33.3%)

Downsville

Population

318822

Median household income

$48,500$212,605

Median home value

$317,800$344,600

Mount Aetna

Population

689581

Median household income

$140,833$120,417

Median home value

$386,800$457,100

Median gross rent

$1,775$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downsville	Mount Aetna
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	41.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	27.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	23.8%
65 to 74	1.2%	11.0%
75 and over	3.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downsville	Mount Aetna
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	65.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downsville	Mount Aetna
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	41.2%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	46.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downsville	Mount Aetna
Drove alone	100.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downsville	Mount Aetna
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Downsville	Mount Aetna
Poverty rate	1.9%	4.5%
Average household size	3.61	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1992	1985