Garretts Mill vs Mercersville

A side-by-side comparison of Garretts Mill and Mercersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Garretts Mill and Mercersville are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mercersville has the higher population (233 vs 201 in Garretts Mill). Since 2019, Mercersville's population has grown faster (+161.8% vs -37.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Garretts Mill	Mercersville
Population	201	233
Median age	36.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,333
Median gross rent	$1,810	—
Housing units	95	102
Homeownership rate	24.2%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garretts Mill	Mercersville
Population	319 → 201 (-37.0%)	89 → 233 (+161.8%)
Median household income	—	$50,938 → $51,333 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$240,600 → $220,400 (-8.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,780 → $1,810 (+1.7%)	—

Garretts Mill

Population

319201

Median home value

$240,600$220,400

Median gross rent

$1,780$1,810

Mercersville

Population

89233

Median household income

$50,938$51,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garretts Mill	Mercersville
Under 5	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 17	9.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	21.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	17.9%	4.7%
55 to 64	1.0%	33.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	19.3%
75 and over	14.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garretts Mill	Mercersville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garretts Mill	Mercersville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	4.9%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garretts Mill	Mercersville
Drove alone	41.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	40.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garretts Mill	Mercersville
1-unit, detached	81.1%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	44.1%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garretts Mill	Mercersville
Poverty rate	5.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1978	1975