Mardela Springs vs Sharptown

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

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

Sharptown has the higher population (764 vs 473 in Mardela Springs). Sharptown has the higher median household income ($85,357 vs $61,797 in Mardela Springs). Mardela Springs has the higher median home value ($239,700 vs $187,100 in Sharptown).

Population, income & housing

	Mardela Springs	Sharptown
Population	473	764
Median age	31.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,797	$85,357
Median home value	$239,700	$187,100
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,118
Housing units	175	332
Homeownership rate	74.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mardela Springs	Sharptown
Population	463 → 473 (+2.2%)	689 → 764 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$80,862 → $61,797 (-23.6%)	$65,809 → $85,357 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$163,700 → $239,700 (+46.4%)	$154,500 → $187,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,219 (+4.8%)	$870 → $1,118 (+28.5%)

Mardela Springs

Population

463473

Median household income

$80,862$61,797

Median home value

$163,700$239,700

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,219

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)

	Mardela Springs	Sharptown
Under 5	18.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	3.6%	8.6%
75 and over	4.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mardela Springs	Sharptown
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	7.4%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mardela Springs	Sharptown
No high school diploma	5.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	40.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mardela Springs	Sharptown
Drove alone	87.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mardela Springs	Sharptown
1-unit, detached	94.9%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mardela Springs	Sharptown
Poverty rate	8.2%	4.9%
Average household size	3.26	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1959	1938