Paramount-Long Meadow vs Smithsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Paramount-Long Meadow and Smithsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Paramount-Long Meadow 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 2,660 in Paramount-Long Meadow). Paramount-Long Meadow has the higher median household income ($101,763 vs $86,065 in Smithsburg). Paramount-Long Meadow has the higher median home value ($340,500 vs $317,600 in Smithsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Paramount-Long Meadow	Smithsburg
Population	2,660	3,069
Median age	42.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,763	$86,065
Median home value	$340,500	$317,600
Median gross rent	$1,421	$899
Housing units	943	1,152
Homeownership rate	83.9%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	Smithsburg
Population	3,062 → 2,660 (-13.1%)	2,967 → 3,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$84,417 → $101,763 (+20.5%)	$69,464 → $86,065 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$273,700 → $340,500 (+24.4%)	$240,000 → $317,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,421 (+21.2%)	$735 → $899 (+22.3%)

Paramount-Long Meadow

Population

3,0622,660

Median household income

$84,417$101,763

Median home value

$273,700$340,500

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,421

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)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	Smithsburg
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.1%	22.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	4.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.6%
75 and over	9.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	Smithsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paramount-Long Meadow	Smithsburg
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	20.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	Smithsburg
Drove alone	76.4%	88.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	Smithsburg
1-unit, detached	70.9%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	24.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paramount-Long Meadow	Smithsburg
Poverty rate	1.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1991	1993