Funkstown vs Highfield-Cascade

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

Funkstown 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 826 in Funkstown). Highfield-Cascade has the higher median household income ($62,857 vs $58,438 in Funkstown). Funkstown has the higher median home value ($241,900 vs $225,600 in Highfield-Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Funkstown	Highfield-Cascade
Population	826	1,079
Median age	55.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$62,857
Median home value	$241,900	$225,600
Median gross rent	$802	—
Housing units	487	452
Homeownership rate	60.7%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Funkstown	Highfield-Cascade
Population	959 → 826 (-13.9%)	809 → 1,079 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$38,009 → $58,438 (+53.7%)	$66,375 → $62,857 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $241,900 (+52.7%)	$210,500 → $225,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $802 (+14.6%)	—

Funkstown

Population

959826

Median household income

$38,009$58,438

Median home value

$158,400$241,900

Median gross rent

$700$802

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)

	Funkstown	Highfield-Cascade
Under 5	1.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	3.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	22.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	26.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.4%
75 and over	11.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Funkstown	Highfield-Cascade
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	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	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Funkstown	Highfield-Cascade
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Funkstown	Highfield-Cascade
Drove alone	60.9%	69.7%
Carpooled	23.4%	2.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	27.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Funkstown	Highfield-Cascade
1-unit, detached	57.7%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Funkstown	Highfield-Cascade
Poverty rate	6.5%	4.1%
Average household size	1.78	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	44
Median year structure built	1955	1949