Hagerstown vs St. James

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

Hagerstown and St. James 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 4,581 in St. James). St. James has the higher median household income ($103,105 vs $49,957 in Hagerstown). St. James has the higher median home value ($390,800 vs $207,700 in Hagerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Hagerstown	St. James
Population	43,490	4,581
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,957	$103,105
Median home value	$207,700	$390,800
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,252
Housing units	19,996	1,704
Homeownership rate	43.4%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hagerstown	St. James
Population	40,152 → 43,490 (+8.3%)	3,860 → 4,581 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$40,800 → $49,957 (+22.4%)	$107,868 → $103,105 (-4.4%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $207,700 (+33.4%)	$264,700 → $390,800 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,041 (+25.1%)	$1,148 → $1,252 (+9.1%)

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

St. James

Population

3,8604,581

Median household income

$107,868$103,105

Median home value

$264,700$390,800

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hagerstown	St. James
Under 5	7.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	17.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	6.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.8%
75 and over	6.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hagerstown	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	65.5%
Black or African American	22.5%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.5%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hagerstown	St. James
No high school diploma	14.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hagerstown	St. James
Drove alone	69.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.7%
Public transit	1.4%	3.9%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.5%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hagerstown	St. James
1-unit, detached	33.1%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hagerstown	St. James
Poverty rate	22.7%	3.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	44
Median year structure built	1962	1996