Pittsville vs Sharptown

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

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

Pittsville has the higher population (2,034 vs 764 in Sharptown). Sharptown has the higher median household income ($85,357 vs $73,441 in Pittsville). Pittsville has the higher median home value ($206,800 vs $187,100 in Sharptown).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsville	Sharptown
Population	2,034	764
Median age	43.2 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,441	$85,357
Median home value	$206,800	$187,100
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,118
Housing units	997	332
Homeownership rate	82.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsville	Sharptown
Population	1,547 → 2,034 (+31.5%)	689 → 764 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$52,212 → $73,441 (+40.7%)	$65,809 → $85,357 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$134,600 → $206,800 (+53.6%)	$154,500 → $187,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,088 (+7.1%)	$870 → $1,118 (+28.5%)

Pittsville

Population

1,5472,034

Median household income

$52,212$73,441

Median home value

$134,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,088

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)

	Pittsville	Sharptown
Under 5	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	8.6%
75 and over	5.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsville	Sharptown
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	5.5%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsville	Sharptown
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	49.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsville	Sharptown
Drove alone	86.0%	86.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsville	Sharptown
1-unit, detached	72.7%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pittsville	Sharptown
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1995	1938