Mount Aetna vs Sharpsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Aetna and Sharpsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (596 vs 581 in Mount Aetna). Mount Aetna has the higher median household income ($120,417 vs $71,029 in Sharpsburg). Mount Aetna has the higher median home value ($457,100 vs $231,400 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Aetna	Sharpsburg
Population	581	596
Median age	48.1 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$120,417	$71,029
Median home value	$457,100	$231,400
Median gross rent	$1,184	$850
Housing units	202	330
Homeownership rate	72.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Aetna	Sharpsburg
Population	689 → 581 (-15.7%)	784 → 596 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$140,833 → $120,417 (-14.5%)	$70,375 → $71,029 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$386,800 → $457,100 (+18.2%)	$181,300 → $231,400 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,775 → $1,184 (-33.3%)	$769 → $850 (+10.5%)

Mount Aetna

Population

689581

Median household income

$140,833$120,417

Median home value

$386,800$457,100

Median gross rent

$1,775$1,184

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)

	Mount Aetna	Sharpsburg
Under 5	6.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	8.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	23.8%	21.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	19.8%
75 and over	2.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Aetna	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	87.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	6.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Aetna	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	5.8%	17.2%
High school graduate	18.8%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	46.1%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Aetna	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	78.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	13.1%
Other means	2.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Aetna	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Aetna	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	18	41
Median year structure built	1985	1938