Powellville vs Sharptown

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

Powellville 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 213 in Powellville). Powellville has the higher median household income ($98,281 vs $85,357 in Sharptown). Powellville has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $187,100 in Sharptown).

Population, income & housing

	Powellville	Sharptown
Population	213	764
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,281	$85,357
Median home value	$196,100	$187,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,118
Housing units	105	332
Homeownership rate	84.2%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powellville	Sharptown
Population	52 → 213 (+309.6%)	689 → 764 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$65,313 → $98,281 (+50.5%)	$65,809 → $85,357 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$119,600 → $196,100 (+64.0%)	$154,500 → $187,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$870 → $1,118 (+28.5%)

Powellville

Population

52213

Median household income

$65,313$98,281

Median home value

$119,600$196,100

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)

	Powellville	Sharptown
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	26.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	28.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.6%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powellville	Sharptown
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	23.5%	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	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powellville	Sharptown
No high school diploma	30.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powellville	Sharptown
Drove alone	91.1%	86.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powellville	Sharptown
1-unit, detached	63.8%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Powellville	Sharptown
Poverty rate	4.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1996	1938