Maurertown vs New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Maurertown and New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

Maurertown and New Market are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Market has the higher population (2,159 vs 1,138 in Maurertown). Maurertown has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $47,967 in New Market). Maurertown has the higher median home value ($263,400 vs $247,400 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	Maurertown	New Market
Population	1,138	2,159
Median age	31.4 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,375	$47,967
Median home value	$263,400	$247,400
Median gross rent	$1,391	$745
Housing units	373	1,087
Homeownership rate	94.6%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maurertown	New Market
Population	955 → 1,138 (+19.2%)	2,180 → 2,159 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$59,570 → $89,375 (+50.0%)	$41,892 → $47,967 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$195,100 → $263,400 (+35.0%)	$233,300 → $247,400 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,391 (+32.4%)	$725 → $745 (+2.8%)

Maurertown

Population

9551,138

Median household income

$59,570$89,375

Median home value

$195,100$263,400

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,391

New Market

Population

2,1802,159

Median household income

$41,892$47,967

Median home value

$233,300$247,400

Median gross rent

$725$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maurertown	New Market
Under 5	11.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	2.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	19.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	4.8%	19.8%
75 and over	7.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maurertown	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maurertown	New Market
No high school diploma	12.8%	13.2%
High school graduate	57.8%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maurertown	New Market
Drove alone	76.0%	70.1%
Carpooled	17.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.5%
Other means	2.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maurertown	New Market
1-unit, detached	91.2%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Maurertown	New Market
Poverty rate	2.8%	12.3%
Average household size	3.30	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	2001	1981