Hagerstown vs Halfway

A side-by-side comparison of Hagerstown and Halfway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hagerstown has the higher population (43,490 vs 10,974 in Halfway). Halfway has the higher median household income ($69,600 vs $49,957 in Hagerstown). Halfway has the higher median home value ($247,100 vs $207,700 in Hagerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Hagerstown	Halfway
Population	43,490	10,974
Median age	36.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,957	$69,600
Median home value	$207,700	$247,100
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,183
Housing units	19,996	4,959
Homeownership rate	43.4%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hagerstown	Halfway
Population	40,152 → 43,490 (+8.3%)	10,898 → 10,974 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$40,800 → $49,957 (+22.4%)	$66,052 → $69,600 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $207,700 (+33.4%)	$178,200 → $247,100 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,041 (+25.1%)	$890 → $1,183 (+32.9%)

Hagerstown

Population

40,15243,490

Median household income

$40,800$49,957

Median home value

$155,700$207,700

Median gross rent

$832$1,041

Halfway

Population

10,89810,974

Median household income

$66,052$69,600

Median home value

$178,200$247,100

Median gross rent

$890$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hagerstown	Halfway
Under 5	7.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.3%
75 and over	6.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hagerstown	Halfway
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	22.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hagerstown	Halfway
No high school diploma	14.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	35.7%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hagerstown	Halfway
Drove alone	69.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.8%
Other means	4.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hagerstown	Halfway
1-unit, detached	33.1%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	13.1%
20 or more units	6.1%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Hagerstown	Halfway
Poverty rate	22.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1962	1969