Nanticoke vs Parsonsburg

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

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

Nanticoke has the higher population (396 vs 170 in Parsonsburg). Since 2019, Nanticoke's population has grown faster (+20.0% vs -59.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Nanticoke	Parsonsburg
Population	396	170
Median age	34.9 yrs	16.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,083	—
Housing units	252	32
Homeownership rate	59.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	48.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanticoke	Parsonsburg
Population	330 → 396 (+20.0%)	420 → 170 (-59.5%)
Median household income	$88,594 → $92,083 (+3.9%)	$75,139 → $53,203 (-29.2%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $152,400 (+4.2%)	$166,400 → $202,900 (+21.9%)

Nanticoke

Population

330396

Median household income

$88,594$92,083

Median home value

$146,200$152,400

Parsonsburg

Population

420170

Median household income

$75,139$53,203

Median home value

$166,400$202,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanticoke	Parsonsburg
Under 5	14.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.5%	66.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	26.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	5.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	25.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanticoke	Parsonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	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	37.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanticoke	Parsonsburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	48.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanticoke	Parsonsburg
Drove alone	100.0%	64.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Nanticoke	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

	Nanticoke	Parsonsburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.81	5.31
Median year structure built	1938	—