Maugansville vs Smithsburg

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

Maugansville 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 3,057 in Maugansville). Smithsburg has the higher median household income ($86,065 vs $75,840 in Maugansville). Smithsburg has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $284,200 in Maugansville).

Population, income & housing

	Maugansville	Smithsburg
Population	3,057	3,069
Median age	45.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,840	$86,065
Median home value	$284,200	$317,600
Median gross rent	$899	$899
Housing units	1,324	1,152
Homeownership rate	73.9%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maugansville	Smithsburg
Population	2,543 → 3,057 (+20.2%)	2,967 → 3,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $75,840 (+45.6%)	$69,464 → $86,065 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$191,100 → $284,200 (+48.7%)	$240,000 → $317,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $899 (-2.7%)	$735 → $899 (+22.3%)

Maugansville

Population

2,5433,057

Median household income

$52,083$75,840

Median home value

$191,100$284,200

Median gross rent

$924$899

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)

	Maugansville	Smithsburg
Under 5	4.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.6%
75 and over	10.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maugansville	Smithsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	8.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maugansville	Smithsburg
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maugansville	Smithsburg
Drove alone	85.8%	88.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maugansville	Smithsburg
1-unit, detached	59.4%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maugansville	Smithsburg
Poverty rate	8.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1986	1993