Chance vs Deal Island

A side-by-side comparison of Chance and Deal Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Chance and Deal Island are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deal Island has the higher population (311 vs 218 in Chance). Chance has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $28,125 in Deal Island). Chance has the higher median home value ($229,800 vs $129,000 in Deal Island).

Population, income & housing

	Chance	Deal Island
Population	218	311
Median age	62.1 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	$28,125
Median home value	$229,800	$129,000
Housing units	229	354
Homeownership rate	97.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chance	Deal Island
Population	470 → 218 (-53.6%)	351 → 311 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $63,500 (+4.4%)	$36,029 → $28,125 (-21.9%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $229,800 (+40.5%)	$147,700 → $129,000 (-12.7%)

Chance

Population

470218

Median household income

$60,833$63,500

Median home value

$163,600$229,800

Deal Island

Population

351311

Median household income

$36,029$28,125

Median home value

$147,700$129,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chance	Deal Island
Under 5	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	7.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	5.1%
45 to 54	2.8%	1.0%
55 to 64	24.3%	25.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	21.5%
75 and over	22.5%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chance	Deal Island
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	12.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chance	Deal Island
No high school diploma	22.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chance	Deal Island
Drove alone	61.3%	49.3%
Carpooled	22.6%	26.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chance	Deal Island
1-unit, detached	88.2%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Chance	Deal Island
Poverty rate	2.8%	30.0%
Average household size	2.14	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1970	1955