Deal Island vs Smith Island

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

Deal Island 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 311 in Deal Island). Smith Island has the higher median household income ($82,443 vs $28,125 in Deal Island). Deal Island has the higher median home value ($129,000 vs $104,800 in Smith Island).

Population, income & housing

	Deal Island	Smith Island
Population	311	340
Median age	62.7 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$82,443
Median home value	$129,000	$104,800
Housing units	354	247
Homeownership rate	85.4%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deal Island	Smith Island
Population	351 → 311 (-11.4%)	149 → 340 (+128.2%)
Median household income	$36,029 → $28,125 (-21.9%)	$69,688 → $82,443 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $129,000 (-12.7%)	$110,800 → $104,800 (-5.4%)

Deal Island

Population

351311

Median household income

$36,029$28,125

Median home value

$147,700$129,000

Smith Island

Population

149340

Median household income

$69,688$82,443

Median home value

$110,800$104,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deal Island	Smith Island
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	2.9%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	5.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	1.0%	19.1%
55 to 64	25.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	21.5%	26.5%
75 and over	19.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deal Island	Smith Island
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	97.4%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	0.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deal Island	Smith Island
No high school diploma	14.5%	45.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deal Island	Smith Island
Drove alone	49.3%	31.7%
Carpooled	26.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	23.7%
Other means	7.0%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deal Island	Smith Island
1-unit, detached	84.5%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	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	11.3%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Deal Island	Smith Island
Poverty rate	30.0%	17.9%
Average household size	1.75	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	33	9
Median year structure built	1955	1950