Dames Quarter vs Deal Island

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

Dames Quarter 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 207 in Dames Quarter). Dames Quarter has the higher median household income ($69,342 vs $28,125 in Deal Island). Since 2019, Dames Quarter's population has grown faster (+314.0% vs -11.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dames Quarter	Deal Island
Population	207	311
Median age	41.5 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,342	$28,125
Median home value	—	$129,000
Housing units	112	354
Homeownership rate	90.3%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dames Quarter	Deal Island
Population	50 → 207 (+314.0%)	351 → 311 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$37,813 → $69,342 (+83.4%)	$36,029 → $28,125 (-21.9%)
Median home value	$202,300 → $230,000 (+13.7%)	$147,700 → $129,000 (-12.7%)

Dames Quarter

Population

50207

Median household income

$37,813$69,342

Median home value

$202,300$230,000

Deal Island

Population

351311

Median household income

$36,029$28,125

Median home value

$147,700$129,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dames Quarter	Deal Island
Under 5	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	6.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	55.6%	5.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	1.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	25.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	21.5%
75 and over	0.0%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dames Quarter	Deal Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dames Quarter	Deal Island
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	35.4%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dames Quarter	Deal Island
Drove alone	30.7%	49.3%
Carpooled	69.3%	26.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dames Quarter	Deal Island
1-unit, detached	94.6%	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	5.4%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Dames Quarter	Deal Island
Poverty rate	7.7%	30.0%
Average household size	3.34	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1981	1955