Crisfield vs Princess Anne

A side-by-side comparison of Crisfield and Princess Anne: population, income, housing, and more.

Crisfield and Princess Anne are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Princess Anne has the higher population (3,461 vs 2,468 in Crisfield). Princess Anne has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $49,602 in Crisfield). Princess Anne has the higher median home value ($152,400 vs $137,100 in Crisfield).

Population, income & housing

	Crisfield	Princess Anne
Population	2,468	3,461
Median age	35.6 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,602	$50,000
Median home value	$137,100	$152,400
Median gross rent	$725	$1,183
Housing units	1,450	1,797
Homeownership rate	51.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crisfield	Princess Anne
Population	2,601 → 2,468 (-5.1%)	3,487 → 3,461 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $49,602 (+67.1%)	$34,213 → $50,000 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $137,100 (+27.3%)	$143,500 → $152,400 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $725 (+41.9%)	$869 → $1,183 (+36.1%)

Crisfield

Population

2,6012,468

Median household income

$29,688$49,602

Median home value

$107,700$137,100

Median gross rent

$511$725

Princess Anne

Population

3,4873,461

Median household income

$34,213$50,000

Median home value

$143,500$152,400

Median gross rent

$869$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crisfield	Princess Anne
Under 5	7.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	14.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	21.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	4.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	5.5%
75 and over	7.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crisfield	Princess Anne
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	23.8%
Black or African American	31.2%	61.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crisfield	Princess Anne
No high school diploma	15.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crisfield	Princess Anne
Drove alone	82.8%	65.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.9%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.1%
Other means	1.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crisfield	Princess Anne
1-unit, detached	61.2%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	34.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Crisfield	Princess Anne
Poverty rate	20.3%	21.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1980	1998