Crisfield vs West Pocomoke

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

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

Crisfield has the higher population (2,468 vs 545 in West Pocomoke). Crisfield has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $134,400 in West Pocomoke). Since 2019, West Pocomoke's population has grown faster (+68.7% vs -5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Crisfield	West Pocomoke
Population	2,468	545
Median age	35.6 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,602	—
Median home value	$137,100	$134,400
Median gross rent	$725	$944
Housing units	1,450	303
Homeownership rate	51.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crisfield	West Pocomoke
Population	2,601 → 2,468 (-5.1%)	323 → 545 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $49,602 (+67.1%)	$31,105 → $38,056 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$107,700 → $137,100 (+27.3%)	$165,600 → $134,400 (-18.8%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $725 (+41.9%)	—

Crisfield

Population

2,6012,468

Median household income

$29,688$49,602

Median home value

$107,700$137,100

Median gross rent

$511$725

West Pocomoke

Population

323545

Median household income

$31,105$38,056

Median home value

$165,600$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crisfield	West Pocomoke
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	20.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.8%
75 and over	7.4%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crisfield	West Pocomoke
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	67.3%
Black or African American	31.2%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crisfield	West Pocomoke
No high school diploma	15.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crisfield	West Pocomoke
Drove alone	82.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crisfield	West Pocomoke
1-unit, detached	61.2%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Crisfield	West Pocomoke
Poverty rate	20.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.24	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1980	1982