Funkstown vs Sharpsburg

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

Funkstown and Sharpsburg 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 596 in Sharpsburg). Sharpsburg has the higher median household income ($71,029 vs $58,438 in Funkstown). Funkstown has the higher median home value ($241,900 vs $231,400 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Funkstown	Sharpsburg
Population	826	596
Median age	55.6 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$71,029
Median home value	$241,900	$231,400
Median gross rent	$802	$850
Housing units	487	330
Homeownership rate	60.7%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Funkstown	Sharpsburg
Population	959 → 826 (-13.9%)	784 → 596 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$38,009 → $58,438 (+53.7%)	$70,375 → $71,029 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $241,900 (+52.7%)	$181,300 → $231,400 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $802 (+14.6%)	$769 → $850 (+10.5%)

Funkstown

Population

959826

Median household income

$38,009$58,438

Median home value

$158,400$241,900

Median gross rent

$700$802

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)

	Funkstown	Sharpsburg
Under 5	1.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	3.9%	8.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	5.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	22.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	26.6%	21.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	19.8%
75 and over	11.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Funkstown	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	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	1.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Funkstown	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	9.0%	17.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Funkstown	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	60.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	23.4%	4.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	13.1%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Funkstown	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	57.7%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Funkstown	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.7%
Average household size	1.78	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	18	41
Median year structure built	1955	1938