Mardela Springs vs Nanticoke

A side-by-side comparison of Mardela Springs and Nanticoke: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mardela Springs has the higher population (473 vs 396 in Nanticoke). Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($92,083 vs $61,797 in Mardela Springs). Since 2019, Nanticoke's population has grown faster (+20.0% vs +2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mardela Springs	Nanticoke
Population	473	396
Median age	31.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,797	$92,083
Median home value	$239,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,219	—
Housing units	175	252
Homeownership rate	74.5%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	48.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mardela Springs	Nanticoke
Population	463 → 473 (+2.2%)	330 → 396 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$80,862 → $61,797 (-23.6%)	$88,594 → $92,083 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$163,700 → $239,700 (+46.4%)	$146,200 → $152,400 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,219 (+4.8%)	—

Mardela Springs

Population

463473

Median household income

$80,862$61,797

Median home value

$163,700$239,700

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,219

Nanticoke

Population

330396

Median household income

$88,594$92,083

Median home value

$146,200$152,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mardela Springs	Nanticoke
Under 5	18.8%	14.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	25.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	7.2%	5.8%
65 to 74	3.6%	0.0%
75 and over	4.9%	25.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mardela Springs	Nanticoke
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	62.4%
Black or African American	7.4%	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	10.8%	37.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mardela Springs	Nanticoke
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mardela Springs	Nanticoke
Drove alone	87.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mardela Springs	Nanticoke
1-unit, detached	94.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mardela Springs	Nanticoke
Poverty rate	8.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.26	3.81
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1959	1938