Downsville vs Sharpsburg

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

Downsville and Sharpsburg 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 596 in Sharpsburg). Downsville has the higher median household income ($212,605 vs $71,029 in Sharpsburg). Downsville has the higher median home value ($344,600 vs $231,400 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Downsville	Sharpsburg
Population	822	596
Median age	40.0 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$212,605	$71,029
Median home value	$344,600	$231,400
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	228	330
Homeownership rate	71.5%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downsville	Sharpsburg
Population	318 → 822 (+158.5%)	784 → 596 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$48,500 → $212,605 (+338.4%)	$70,375 → $71,029 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$317,800 → $344,600 (+8.4%)	$181,300 → $231,400 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $850 (+10.5%)

Downsville

Population

318822

Median household income

$48,500$212,605

Median home value

$317,800$344,600

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)

	Downsville	Sharpsburg
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.9%
18 to 24	41.8%	2.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	27.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	21.1%
65 to 74	1.2%	19.8%
75 and over	3.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downsville	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downsville	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	3.3%	17.2%
High school graduate	41.2%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downsville	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downsville	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Downsville	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	1.9%	3.7%
Average household size	3.61	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	29	41
Median year structure built	1992	1938