What is the population of Halfway CDP?

Halfway CDP has 10,974 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #127 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Halfway CDP?

Median household income in Halfway CDP is $69,600 a year, 11.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Halfway CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,183 a month and the median home value is $247,100, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.

Is Halfway CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Halfway CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Halfway, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Halfway, Maryland (Halfway, MD — Census place “Halfway CDP”) is 10,974 residents, ranking #127 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $69,600, the median home is worth $247,100 and median gross rent runs $1,183 a month. Looking for the Halfway Maryland ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Halfway, MD: 21740, 21795.

Population: 10,974Halfway CDP residents
Median household income: $69,600Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $247,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,183Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.8%Owner-occupied households

Halfway ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Halfway.

The Halfway MD ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Halfway CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Halfway CDP median would spend about 20.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.3% of residents and 69.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Halfway CDP, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Halfway CDP is a mid-size town in Maryland, with 10,974 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #127 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 76% of them. The median age here is 42.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Halfway CDP earn a median of $69,600 a year, 11.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Halfway CDP is valued at $247,100, 18.6% below the national figure and 38% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,183 a month, 15.9% below the national figure, or roughly $14,196 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Halfway CDP?: Halfway CDP has 10,974 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #127 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Halfway CDP?: Median household income in Halfway CDP is $69,600 a year, 11.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Halfway CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,183 a month and the median home value is $247,100, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
Is Halfway CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Halfway CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Halfway CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.