Fountainhead-Orchard Hills vs Smithsburg

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

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

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills has the higher population (6,364 vs 3,069 in Smithsburg). Fountainhead-Orchard Hills has the higher median household income ($97,743 vs $86,065 in Smithsburg). Fountainhead-Orchard Hills has the higher median home value ($321,900 vs $317,600 in Smithsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Smithsburg
Population	6,364	3,069
Median age	44.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,743	$86,065
Median home value	$321,900	$317,600
Median gross rent	$1,518	$899
Housing units	2,644	1,152
Homeownership rate	84.3%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Smithsburg
Population	5,774 → 6,364 (+10.2%)	2,967 → 3,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$71,719 → $97,743 (+36.3%)	$69,464 → $86,065 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$231,900 → $321,900 (+38.8%)	$240,000 → $317,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,518 (+27.1%)	$735 → $899 (+22.3%)

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

Smithsburg

Population

2,9673,069

Median household income

$69,464$86,065

Median home value

$240,000$317,600

Median gross rent

$735$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Smithsburg
Under 5	2.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.6%
75 and over	7.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Smithsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	92.3%
Black or African American	6.8%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Smithsburg
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	16.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Smithsburg
Drove alone	75.6%	88.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Smithsburg
1-unit, detached	74.5%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	Smithsburg
Poverty rate	10.0%	16.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1978	1993