Hancock vs Smithsburg

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

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

Smithsburg has the higher population (3,069 vs 1,715 in Hancock). Smithsburg has the higher median household income ($86,065 vs $39,375 in Hancock). Smithsburg has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $175,000 in Hancock).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock	Smithsburg
Population	1,715	3,069
Median age	37.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$86,065
Median home value	$175,000	$317,600
Median gross rent	$928	$899
Housing units	916	1,152
Homeownership rate	54.9%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock	Smithsburg
Population	1,587 → 1,715 (+8.1%)	2,967 → 3,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$45,588 → $39,375 (-13.6%)	$69,464 → $86,065 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $175,000 (+51.0%)	$240,000 → $317,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $928 (+45.5%)	$735 → $899 (+22.3%)

Hancock

Population

1,5871,715

Median household income

$45,588$39,375

Median home value

$115,900$175,000

Median gross rent

$638$928

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)

	Hancock	Smithsburg
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	22.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	17.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.6%
75 and over	6.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock	Smithsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	92.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock	Smithsburg
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	45.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock	Smithsburg
Drove alone	74.5%	88.3%
Carpooled	19.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock	Smithsburg
1-unit, detached	63.5%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hancock	Smithsburg
Poverty rate	22.9%	16.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1963	1993