Elkton vs Massanetta Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Elkton and Massanetta Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Elkton and Massanetta Springs are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Massanetta Springs has the higher population (6,028 vs 2,973 in Elkton). Massanetta Springs has the higher median household income ($104,911 vs $61,385 in Elkton). Massanetta Springs has the higher median home value ($454,900 vs $232,300 in Elkton).

Population, income & housing

	Elkton	Massanetta Springs
Population	2,973	6,028
Median age	39.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,385	$104,911
Median home value	$232,300	$454,900
Median gross rent	$745	$1,691
Housing units	1,297	2,657
Homeownership rate	61.8%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkton	Massanetta Springs
Population	2,846 → 2,973 (+4.5%)	5,884 → 6,028 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$54,605 → $61,385 (+12.4%)	$91,250 → $104,911 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$183,400 → $232,300 (+26.7%)	$393,900 → $454,900 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $745 (-8.1%)	$1,321 → $1,691 (+28.0%)

Elkton

Population

2,8462,973

Median household income

$54,605$61,385

Median home value

$183,400$232,300

Median gross rent

$811$745

Massanetta Springs

Population

5,8846,028

Median household income

$91,250$104,911

Median home value

$393,900$454,900

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkton	Massanetta Springs
Under 5	3.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.5%
75 and over	10.4%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkton	Massanetta Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkton	Massanetta Springs
No high school diploma	9.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	41.1%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkton	Massanetta Springs
Drove alone	78.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkton	Massanetta Springs
1-unit, detached	71.2%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkton	Massanetta Springs
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1978	2002