Pinesburg vs Sharpsburg

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

Pinesburg 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 529 in Pinesburg). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $218,000 in Pinesburg). Since 2019, Pinesburg's population has grown faster (+114.2% vs -24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Pinesburg	Sharpsburg
Population	529	596
Median age	34.3 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,029
Median home value	$218,000	$231,400
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	159	330
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinesburg	Sharpsburg
Population	247 → 529 (+114.2%)	784 → 596 (-24.0%)
Median household income	—	$70,375 → $71,029 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$184,300 → $218,000 (+18.3%)	$181,300 → $231,400 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $850 (+10.5%)

Pinesburg

Population

247529

Median home value

$184,300$218,000

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)

	Pinesburg	Sharpsburg
Under 5	4.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	24.6%	8.9%
18 to 24	13.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	25.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	3.4%	21.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	19.8%
75 and over	0.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinesburg	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+

	Pinesburg	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	12.3%	17.2%
High school graduate	49.7%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinesburg	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	79.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	14.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinesburg	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	83.6%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	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

	Pinesburg	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	24.4%	3.7%
Average household size	3.33	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	13	41
Median year structure built	1956	1938