Deal Island vs West Pocomoke

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

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

West Pocomoke has the higher population (545 vs 311 in Deal Island). West Pocomoke has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $129,000 in Deal Island). Since 2019, West Pocomoke's population has grown faster (+68.7% vs -11.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Deal Island	West Pocomoke
Population	311	545
Median age	62.7 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	—
Median home value	$129,000	$134,400
Median gross rent	—	$944
Housing units	354	303
Homeownership rate	85.4%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deal Island	West Pocomoke
Population	351 → 311 (-11.4%)	323 → 545 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$36,029 → $28,125 (-21.9%)	$31,105 → $38,056 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $129,000 (-12.7%)	$165,600 → $134,400 (-18.8%)

Deal Island

Population

351311

Median household income

$36,029$28,125

Median home value

$147,700$129,000

West Pocomoke

Population

323545

Median household income

$31,105$38,056

Median home value

$165,600$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deal Island	West Pocomoke
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	2.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	5.1%	20.7%
45 to 54	1.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	25.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	21.5%	12.8%
75 and over	19.3%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deal Island	West Pocomoke
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	67.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	30.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deal Island	West Pocomoke
No high school diploma	14.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	38.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deal Island	West Pocomoke
Drove alone	49.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	26.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	10.2%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deal Island	West Pocomoke
1-unit, detached	84.5%	92.1%
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%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Deal Island	West Pocomoke
Poverty rate	30.0%	4.4%
Average household size	1.75	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1955	1982