Bivalve vs Parsonsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bivalve and Parsonsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parsonsburg has the higher population (170 vs 164 in Bivalve). Since 2019, Bivalve's population has grown faster (+50.5% vs -59.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bivalve	Parsonsburg
Population	164	170
Median age	43.5 yrs	16.2 yrs
Housing units	152	32
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bivalve	Parsonsburg
Population	109 → 164 (+50.5%)	420 → 170 (-59.5%)
Median household income	—	$75,139 → $53,203 (-29.2%)
Median home value	$253,600 → $404,300 (+59.4%)	$166,400 → $202,900 (+21.9%)

Bivalve

Population

109164

Median home value

$253,600$404,300

Parsonsburg

Population

420170

Median household income

$75,139$53,203

Median home value

$166,400$202,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bivalve	Parsonsburg
Under 5	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	66.5%
18 to 24	40.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.3%	26.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	27.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bivalve	Parsonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	72.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bivalve	Parsonsburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	76.5%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	48.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bivalve	Parsonsburg
Drove alone	0.0%	64.5%
Carpooled	100.0%	35.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bivalve	Parsonsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	31.3%
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	0.0%	68.8%

Poverty & households

	Bivalve	Parsonsburg
Poverty rate	27.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.19	5.31
Median year structure built	1965	—