Funkstown vs Mount Aetna

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

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

Funkstown has the higher population (826 vs 581 in Mount Aetna). Mount Aetna has the higher median household income ($120,417 vs $58,438 in Funkstown). Mount Aetna has the higher median home value ($457,100 vs $241,900 in Funkstown).

Population, income & housing

	Funkstown	Mount Aetna
Population	826	581
Median age	55.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$120,417
Median home value	$241,900	$457,100
Median gross rent	$802	$1,184
Housing units	487	202
Homeownership rate	60.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Funkstown	Mount Aetna
Population	959 → 826 (-13.9%)	689 → 581 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$38,009 → $58,438 (+53.7%)	$140,833 → $120,417 (-14.5%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $241,900 (+52.7%)	$386,800 → $457,100 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $802 (+14.6%)	$1,775 → $1,184 (-33.3%)

Funkstown

Population

959826

Median household income

$38,009$58,438

Median home value

$158,400$241,900

Median gross rent

$700$802

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)

	Funkstown	Mount Aetna
Under 5	1.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	3.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	22.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	26.6%	23.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.0%
75 and over	11.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Funkstown	Mount Aetna
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	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	1.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Funkstown	Mount Aetna
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	46.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Funkstown	Mount Aetna
Drove alone	60.9%	78.4%
Carpooled	23.4%	3.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	11.6%	11.8%
Other means	1.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Funkstown	Mount Aetna
1-unit, detached	57.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Funkstown	Mount Aetna
Poverty rate	6.5%	4.5%
Average household size	1.78	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1955	1985