Halfway vs Smithsburg

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

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

Halfway has the higher population (10,974 vs 3,069 in Smithsburg). Smithsburg has the higher median household income ($86,065 vs $69,600 in Halfway). Smithsburg has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $247,100 in Halfway).

Population, income & housing

	Halfway	Smithsburg
Population	10,974	3,069
Median age	42.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,600	$86,065
Median home value	$247,100	$317,600
Median gross rent	$1,183	$899
Housing units	4,959	1,152
Homeownership rate	69.8%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halfway	Smithsburg
Population	10,898 → 10,974 (+0.7%)	2,967 → 3,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$66,052 → $69,600 (+5.4%)	$69,464 → $86,065 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$178,200 → $247,100 (+38.7%)	$240,000 → $317,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,183 (+32.9%)	$735 → $899 (+22.3%)

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

Smithsburg

Population

2,9673,069

Median household income

$69,464$86,065

Median home value

$240,000$317,600

Median gross rent

$735$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halfway	Smithsburg
Under 5	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.6%
75 and over	9.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halfway	Smithsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	92.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halfway	Smithsburg
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halfway	Smithsburg
Drove alone	81.2%	88.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halfway	Smithsburg
1-unit, detached	64.6%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	8.3%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Halfway	Smithsburg
Poverty rate	10.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1969	1993