Chance vs West Pocomoke

A side-by-side comparison of Chance and West Pocomoke: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Pocomoke has the higher population (545 vs 218 in Chance). Chance has the higher median home value ($229,800 vs $134,400 in West Pocomoke). Since 2019, West Pocomoke's population has grown faster (+68.7% vs -53.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Chance	West Pocomoke
Population	218	545
Median age	62.1 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	—
Median home value	$229,800	$134,400
Median gross rent	—	$944
Housing units	229	303
Homeownership rate	97.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chance	West Pocomoke
Population	470 → 218 (-53.6%)	323 → 545 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $63,500 (+4.4%)	$31,105 → $38,056 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $229,800 (+40.5%)	$165,600 → $134,400 (-18.8%)

Chance

Population

470218

Median household income

$60,833$63,500

Median home value

$163,600$229,800

West Pocomoke

Population

323545

Median household income

$31,105$38,056

Median home value

$165,600$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chance	West Pocomoke
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	20.7%
45 to 54	2.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	24.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.8%
75 and over	22.5%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chance	West Pocomoke
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	67.3%
Black or African American	12.4%	30.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chance	West Pocomoke
No high school diploma	22.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chance	West Pocomoke
Drove alone	61.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	22.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chance	West Pocomoke
1-unit, detached	88.2%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Chance	West Pocomoke
Poverty rate	2.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.14	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1970	1982