Halfway vs St. James

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

Halfway and St. James 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 4,581 in St. James). St. James has the higher median household income ($103,105 vs $69,600 in Halfway). St. James has the higher median home value ($390,800 vs $247,100 in Halfway).

Population, income & housing

	Halfway	St. James
Population	10,974	4,581
Median age	42.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,600	$103,105
Median home value	$247,100	$390,800
Median gross rent	$1,183	$1,252
Housing units	4,959	1,704
Homeownership rate	69.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halfway	St. James
Population	10,898 → 10,974 (+0.7%)	3,860 → 4,581 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$66,052 → $69,600 (+5.4%)	$107,868 → $103,105 (-4.4%)
Median home value	$178,200 → $247,100 (+38.7%)	$264,700 → $390,800 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,183 (+32.9%)	$1,148 → $1,252 (+9.1%)

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

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)

	Halfway	St. James
Under 5	3.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	22.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	17.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	6.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.8%
75 and over	9.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halfway	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	65.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.7%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halfway	St. James
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	38.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halfway	St. James
Drove alone	81.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.2%	3.9%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halfway	St. James
1-unit, detached	64.6%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Halfway	St. James
Poverty rate	10.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	44
Median year structure built	1969	1996