Fountainhead-Orchard Hills vs Halfway

A side-by-side comparison of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills and Halfway: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills and Halfway are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Halfway has the higher population (10,974 vs 6,364 in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills). Fountainhead-Orchard Hills has the higher median household income ($97,743 vs $69,600 in Halfway). Fountainhead-Orchard Hills has the higher median home value ($321,900 vs $247,100 in Halfway).

Population, income & housing

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Halfway
Population	6,364	10,974
Median age	44.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,743	$69,600
Median home value	$321,900	$247,100
Median gross rent	$1,518	$1,183
Housing units	2,644	4,959
Homeownership rate	84.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Halfway
Population	5,774 → 6,364 (+10.2%)	10,898 → 10,974 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$71,719 → $97,743 (+36.3%)	$66,052 → $69,600 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$231,900 → $321,900 (+38.8%)	$178,200 → $247,100 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,518 (+27.1%)	$890 → $1,183 (+32.9%)

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills

Population

5,7746,364

Median household income

$71,719$97,743

Median home value

$231,900$321,900

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,518

Halfway

Population

10,89810,974

Median household income

$66,052$69,600

Median home value

$178,200$247,100

Median gross rent

$890$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Halfway
Under 5	2.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.3%
75 and over	7.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Halfway
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	84.2%
Black or African American	6.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Halfway
No high school diploma	11.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	16.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Halfway
Drove alone	75.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Halfway
1-unit, detached	74.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	13.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Halfway
Poverty rate	10.0%	10.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1978	1969