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Smithsburg, MD

3,069 Population
1.2 square miles 2,643.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$37,819 ±$4,254 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $37,301 ±$741
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$86,065 ±$10,561 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $75,473 ±$1,556
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

16.8% ±7.2% (516  ±220) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 11.9% 34,417 (±0.8% / ±2,301)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

37.1 minutes ±4.9 (50,780  ±8,875) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 30.8 3,906,105 (±0.5 / ±88,160)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

1,095 ±98 Number of households
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 116,006 ±843
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.8 ±0.3 (3,069  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 2.5 289,915 (±0 / ±330)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

2.3% ±2.6% (17  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.4% † 3,499 (±0.8% / ±508)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

1,152 ±116 Number of housing units
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 125,658 ±169
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$317,600 ±$18,765 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $258,300 ±$4,042
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

6.1% ±3.7% (187  ±114) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 12.7% 37,518 (±1% / ±2,895.1)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

93.8% ±9.1% (1,824  ±210.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 89.4% 187,143 (±1.6% / ±3,375.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
22.9% ±5.5% (446  ±109.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 23.5% 49,172 (±0.9% / ±1,808.1)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% ±1.2% (78  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.4% 16,043
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

7.5% ±2.7% (164  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 8.3% 19,157 (±0.5% / ±1,039)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
164 Total veterans ±59 154 Male ±55 10 Female ±12

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