Fruitland vs Sharptown

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

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

Fruitland has the higher population (5,698 vs 764 in Sharptown). Sharptown has the higher median household income ($85,357 vs $64,352 in Fruitland). Fruitland has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $187,100 in Sharptown).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Sharptown
Population	5,698	764
Median age	32.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,352	$85,357
Median home value	$211,200	$187,100
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,118
Housing units	2,178	332
Homeownership rate	63.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Sharptown
Population	5,244 → 5,698 (+8.7%)	689 → 764 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $64,352 (+13.0%)	$65,809 → $85,357 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$168,500 → $211,200 (+25.3%)	$154,500 → $187,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,354 (+5.0%)	$870 → $1,118 (+28.5%)

Fruitland

Population

5,2445,698

Median household income

$56,964$64,352

Median home value

$168,500$211,200

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,354

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)

	Fruitland	Sharptown
Under 5	10.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	15.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.6%
75 and over	2.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Sharptown
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	89.7%
Black or African American	26.9%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Sharptown
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Sharptown
Drove alone	79.1%	86.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Sharptown
1-unit, detached	78.2%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Sharptown
Poverty rate	15.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1984	1938