Hancock vs Williamsport

A side-by-side comparison of Hancock and Williamsport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Williamsport has the higher population (2,133 vs 1,715 in Hancock). Williamsport has the higher median household income ($58,590 vs $39,375 in Hancock). Williamsport has the higher median home value ($225,900 vs $175,000 in Hancock).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock	Williamsport
Population	1,715	2,133
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$58,590
Median home value	$175,000	$225,900
Median gross rent	$928	$1,062
Housing units	916	1,128
Homeownership rate	54.9%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock	Williamsport
Population	1,587 → 1,715 (+8.1%)	1,996 → 2,133 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$45,588 → $39,375 (-13.6%)	$37,147 → $58,590 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $175,000 (+51.0%)	$160,700 → $225,900 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $928 (+45.5%)	$838 → $1,062 (+26.7%)

Hancock

Population

1,5871,715

Median household income

$45,588$39,375

Median home value

$115,900$175,000

Median gross rent

$638$928

Williamsport

Population

1,9962,133

Median household income

$37,147$58,590

Median home value

$160,700$225,900

Median gross rent

$838$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hancock	Williamsport
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	17.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.0%
75 and over	6.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock	Williamsport
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock	Williamsport
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	45.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock	Williamsport
Drove alone	74.5%	88.2%
Carpooled	19.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock	Williamsport
1-unit, detached	63.5%	34.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	20.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hancock	Williamsport
Poverty rate	22.9%	23.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1963	1962