Mardela Springs vs Willards

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

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

Willards has the higher population (1,273 vs 473 in Mardela Springs). Willards has the higher median household income ($72,614 vs $61,797 in Mardela Springs). Mardela Springs has the higher median home value ($239,700 vs $196,800 in Willards).

Population, income & housing

	Mardela Springs	Willards
Population	473	1,273
Median age	31.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,797	$72,614
Median home value	$239,700	$196,800
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,537
Housing units	175	503
Homeownership rate	74.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mardela Springs	Willards
Population	463 → 473 (+2.2%)	886 → 1,273 (+43.7%)
Median household income	$80,862 → $61,797 (-23.6%)	$46,210 → $72,614 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$163,700 → $239,700 (+46.4%)	$137,800 → $196,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,219 (+4.8%)	$982 → $1,537 (+56.5%)

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

Willards

Population

8861,273

Median household income

$46,210$72,614

Median home value

$137,800$196,800

Median gross rent

$982$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mardela Springs	Willards
Under 5	18.8%	11.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	7.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	3.6%	5.5%
75 and over	4.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mardela Springs	Willards
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mardela Springs	Willards
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mardela Springs	Willards
Drove alone	87.3%	90.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mardela Springs	Willards
1-unit, detached	94.9%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Mardela Springs	Willards
Poverty rate	8.2%	21.0%
Average household size	3.26	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1959	1984