Dames Quarter vs Smith Island

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

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

Smith Island has the higher population (340 vs 207 in Dames Quarter). Smith Island has the higher median household income ($82,443 vs $69,342 in Dames Quarter). Since 2019, Dames Quarter's population has grown faster (+314.0% vs +128.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dames Quarter	Smith Island
Population	207	340
Median age	41.5 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,342	$82,443
Median home value	—	$104,800
Housing units	112	247
Homeownership rate	90.3%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dames Quarter	Smith Island
Population	50 → 207 (+314.0%)	149 → 340 (+128.2%)
Median household income	$37,813 → $69,342 (+83.4%)	$69,688 → $82,443 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$202,300 → $230,000 (+13.7%)	$110,800 → $104,800 (-5.4%)

Dames Quarter

Population

50207

Median household income

$37,813$69,342

Median home value

$202,300$230,000

Smith Island

Population

149340

Median household income

$69,688$82,443

Median home value

$110,800$104,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dames Quarter	Smith Island
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	55.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	19.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	26.5%
75 and over	0.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dames Quarter	Smith Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dames Quarter	Smith Island
No high school diploma	2.8%	45.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dames Quarter	Smith Island
Drove alone	30.7%	31.7%
Carpooled	69.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dames Quarter	Smith Island
1-unit, detached	94.6%	87.0%
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	5.4%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Dames Quarter	Smith Island
Poverty rate	7.7%	17.9%
Average household size	3.34	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	—	9
Median year structure built	1981	1950