Eden vs Smith Island

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

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

Eden has the higher population (790 vs 340 in Smith Island). Smith Island has the higher median household income ($82,443 vs $30,609 in Eden). Smith Island has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $47,100 in Eden).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Smith Island
Population	790	340
Median age	36.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,609	$82,443
Median home value	$47,100	$104,800
Housing units	301	247
Homeownership rate	80.7%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Smith Island
Population	765 → 790 (+3.3%)	149 → 340 (+128.2%)
Median household income	$30,524 → $30,609 (+0.3%)	$69,688 → $82,443 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $47,100 (-56.2%)	$110,800 → $104,800 (-5.4%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,273 (+59.3%)	—

Eden

Population

765790

Median household income

$30,524$30,609

Median home value

$107,600$47,100

Median gross rent

$799$1,273

Smith Island

Population

149340

Median household income

$69,688$82,443

Median home value

$110,800$104,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden	Smith Island
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	1.8%
35 to 44	19.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	4.1%	19.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	26.5%
75 and over	4.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Smith Island
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	33.2%	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	4.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Smith Island
No high school diploma	27.2%	45.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Smith Island
Drove alone	57.5%	31.7%
Carpooled	25.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	10.0%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden	Smith Island
1-unit, detached	36.2%	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	63.8%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Smith Island
Poverty rate	25.7%	17.9%
Average household size	2.62	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	43	9
Median year structure built	1992	1950