Town · Washington County, Maryland

Funkstown, Maryland

Funkstown is a town in Washington County, Maryland, part of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area. It has 1,076 residents. Funkstown, Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 55 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,037 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Maryland it ranks #214 of 334 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), rent-burdened households (low) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), injury deaths (high) and drought exposure (high).

55Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,037 of 15,651 cities and towns
Maryland: #214 of 334 in MD
Population: 1,076 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,945.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2431100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety39#9,594/15,637
Economy64#5,617/15,631
Housing61#5,789/14,977
Health44#8,734/15,609
Healthcare31#10,759/15,650
Environment76#3,647/15,453
Education50#7,814/15,649
Infrastructure68#5,049/15,650
Community40#9,367/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,559/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Funkstown, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Washington County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high4.7%
97/100Maryland -1.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWashington County value
Rent-burdened households · low28.6%
91/100Maryland 51.5%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Natural hazard risk · low7.3
88/100Maryland 4.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyWashington County value
Public transit commuters · high2.3%
85/100Maryland 4.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/100Maryland 0.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWashington County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.375
84/100Maryland 0.456United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high250 min
3/100Maryland 246 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWashington County value
Injury deaths · high140 /100k
6/100Maryland 95 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Drought exposure · high91%
6/100Maryland 64%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWashington County value
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Maryland 7.1United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWashington County value
Comfortable days · low23.4%
12/100Maryland 24.9%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWashington County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Maryland 2.1 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1k2023U.S. Census BureauPartial year

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
959 (2015-2019) → 1,076 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.5% (2015-2019) → 93.5% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
14.3% (2015-2019) → 29.9% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
23.8% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,009 (2015-2019) → $61,392 (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
14.1% (2015-2019) → 4.3% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Funkstown, Maryland improved on 3 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++16 points14.3% → 29.9%
Broadband+25 points68.5% → 93.5%
Household income+62%$38,009 → $61,392

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Funkstown, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	68.5%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	95%
Effective property tax rate	1.10%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	84.4%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	57%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.3752020-2024	−0.075	Within the margin of error	91%
Median household income	$38,0092015-2019	$61,3922020-2024	+62%	Improved	91%
Rent as share of income	26.4%2015-2019	24.9%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Rent-burdened households	37.6%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	−9 points	Within the margin of error	81%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Funkstown, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Funkstown, Maryland in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Funkstown, Maryland itself moved +22.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,076 residents (±406)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 men (+5.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,076 residents (±406)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

White95%†1,023
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino2.9%†31
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.0%†22

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

880 residents (±274)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma7.7%†68
High school or GED34%†301
Some college25%†220
Associate degree3.2%†28
Bachelor's degree17%†151
Graduate degree13%†112

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+9.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

493 households (±143)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k10%†50
$25k–50k30%†146
$50k–75k17%†83
$75k–100k21%†105
$100k–150k16%†78
$150k–200k2.0%†10
$200k or more4.3%†21

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−19.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

493 households (±143)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

Own55%†272
Rent45%†221

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

217 households (±94)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $75035%†76
$750–1,00026%†56
$1,000–1,50032%†69

Home values

272 homes (±87)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k15%†40
$150k–250k30%†81
$250k–400k30%†82

Age of homes

518 homes (±142)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later1.7%†9
2000–20097.1%†37
1980–199912%†63

Size of homes

518 homes (±142)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio4.4%†23
1 bedroom9.8%†51
2 bedrooms44%†229

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

560 workers (±216)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone59%†332
Carpool19%†104
Public transit2.3%†13
Walk11%†62
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.9%†44
Other0.9%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+13.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

516 workers (±202)

Funkstown, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min51%†261
15–29 min24%†126
30–44 min15%†75

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Washington County, the county holding most of Funkstown's residents.

Washington County has 3,417 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Maryland's), with 61,729 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,242. The Census Bureau also counts 11,673 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,417; 11,673 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 61,729
Average annual pay: $49,242; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Washington County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	270	17.4	0.83×About typical	3,878	$76,140	545
Restaurants and other eating places	261	16.8	0.91×About typical	5,046	$21,215	65
Specialty trade contractors	230	14.8	0.96×About typical	2,318	$64,588	918
Religious organizations	137	8.8	1.59×More than typical	649	$23,723	—
Limited-service restaurants	128	8.2	1.03×About typical	2,509	$18,777	23
Lessors of real estate	112	7.2	0.58×Fewer than typical	424	$44,182	1,039
Full-service restaurants	103	6.6	0.86×About typical	2,128	$24,250	36
Services to buildings and dwellings	100	6.4	0.95×About typical	736	$33,287	710
Truck transportation	98	6.3	1.25×About typical	2,207	$62,889	321
Building equipment contractors	94	6	1.00×About typical	1,036	$62,954	214
Offices of physicians	92	5.9	0.91×About typical	1,427	$99,925	77
Automotive repair and maintenance	90	5.8	1.15×About typical	437	$49,400	154

Rank places for an industry Open Washington County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 155,437 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Funkstown is mostly in Washington County.

See federal money in Washington County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Funkstown, Maryland is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

April McClain DelaneyD-MD-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 2.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Washington County55100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV49

Other cities and towns in Washington County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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