Thurmont, Maryland

Population

Growing. Up 2.1% since 2020.

6,337

people, the 35th-largest of Maryland's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Maryland's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

90.6%

of 2,794 jobs located in Thurmont are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 24% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$927

a month. Maryland's median is $1,705.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $2,244 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Frederick County.

• $1,257 Tract 7707
• $3,501 Tract 7513.01

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,136–$1,703

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $927 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 85% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.3–1.1% to the 2,498 homes here.

7–28

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 13% less than Maryland's.

$364,700

median home value in Thurmont.

• $364,700 Thurmont
• $419,900 Maryland
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year