Sharptown vs Willards

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

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

Willards has the higher population (1,273 vs 764 in Sharptown). Sharptown has the higher median household income ($85,357 vs $72,614 in Willards). Willards has the higher median home value ($196,800 vs $187,100 in Sharptown).

Population, income & housing

	Sharptown	Willards
Population	764	1,273
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,357	$72,614
Median home value	$187,100	$196,800
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,537
Housing units	332	503
Homeownership rate	83.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sharptown	Willards
Population	689 → 764 (+10.9%)	886 → 1,273 (+43.7%)
Median household income	$65,809 → $85,357 (+29.7%)	$46,210 → $72,614 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$154,500 → $187,100 (+21.1%)	$137,800 → $196,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,118 (+28.5%)	$982 → $1,537 (+56.5%)

Sharptown

Population

689764

Median household income

$65,809$85,357

Median home value

$154,500$187,100

Median gross rent

$870$1,118

Willards

Population

8861,273

Median household income

$46,210$72,614

Median home value

$137,800$196,800

Median gross rent

$982$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sharptown	Willards
Under 5	5.9%	11.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.5%
75 and over	6.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sharptown	Willards
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	77.8%
Black or African American	5.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sharptown	Willards
No high school diploma	7.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sharptown	Willards
Drove alone	86.2%	90.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sharptown	Willards
1-unit, detached	95.2%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Sharptown	Willards
Poverty rate	4.9%	21.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1938	1984