Delmar vs Sharptown

A side-by-side comparison of Delmar and Sharptown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delmar has the higher population (4,058 vs 764 in Sharptown). Sharptown has the higher median household income ($85,357 vs $77,402 in Delmar). Delmar has the higher median home value ($211,600 vs $187,100 in Sharptown).

Population, income & housing

	Delmar	Sharptown
Population	4,058	764
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,402	$85,357
Median home value	$211,600	$187,100
Median gross rent	$1,351	$1,118
Housing units	1,994	332
Homeownership rate	58.4%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delmar	Sharptown
Population	3,214 → 4,058 (+26.3%)	689 → 764 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$60,301 → $77,402 (+28.4%)	$65,809 → $85,357 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $211,600 (+37.1%)	$154,500 → $187,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,351 (+24.7%)	$870 → $1,118 (+28.5%)

Delmar

Population

3,2144,058

Median household income

$60,301$77,402

Median home value

$154,300$211,600

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,351

Sharptown

Population

689764

Median household income

$65,809$85,357

Median home value

$154,500$187,100

Median gross rent

$870$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delmar	Sharptown
Under 5	2.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	15.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.6%
75 and over	2.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delmar	Sharptown
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	23.9%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delmar	Sharptown
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	22.6%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delmar	Sharptown
Drove alone	88.9%	86.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delmar	Sharptown
1-unit, detached	55.5%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delmar	Sharptown
Poverty rate	9.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	2003	1938