Highfield-Cascade vs Sharpsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Highfield-Cascade and Sharpsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Highfield-Cascade and Sharpsburg are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highfield-Cascade has the higher population (1,079 vs 596 in Sharpsburg). Sharpsburg has the higher median household income ($71,029 vs $62,857 in Highfield-Cascade). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $225,600 in Highfield-Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Highfield-Cascade	Sharpsburg
Population	1,079	596
Median age	38.1 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,857	$71,029
Median home value	$225,600	$231,400
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	452	330
Homeownership rate	89.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highfield-Cascade	Sharpsburg
Population	809 → 1,079 (+33.4%)	784 → 596 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$66,375 → $62,857 (-5.3%)	$70,375 → $71,029 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $225,600 (+7.2%)	$181,300 → $231,400 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $850 (+10.5%)

Highfield-Cascade

Population

8091,079

Median household income

$66,375$62,857

Median home value

$210,500$225,600

Sharpsburg

Population

784596

Median household income

$70,375$71,029

Median home value

$181,300$231,400

Median gross rent

$769$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highfield-Cascade	Sharpsburg
Under 5	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	21.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	19.8%
75 and over	4.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highfield-Cascade	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highfield-Cascade	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	10.0%	17.2%
High school graduate	43.2%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highfield-Cascade	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	69.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.7%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highfield-Cascade	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	84.3%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Highfield-Cascade	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	44	41
Median year structure built	1949	1938