Nanticoke vs Pittsville

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

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

Pittsville has the higher population (2,034 vs 396 in Nanticoke). Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($92,083 vs $73,441 in Pittsville). Since 2019, Pittsville's population has grown faster (+31.5% vs +20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Nanticoke	Pittsville
Population	396	2,034
Median age	34.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,083	$73,441
Median home value	—	$206,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,088
Housing units	252	997
Homeownership rate	59.6%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	48.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanticoke	Pittsville
Population	330 → 396 (+20.0%)	1,547 → 2,034 (+31.5%)
Median household income	$88,594 → $92,083 (+3.9%)	$52,212 → $73,441 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $152,400 (+4.2%)	$134,600 → $206,800 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,016 → $1,088 (+7.1%)

Nanticoke

Population

330396

Median household income

$88,594$92,083

Median home value

$146,200$152,400

Pittsville

Population

1,5472,034

Median household income

$52,212$73,441

Median home value

$134,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanticoke	Pittsville
Under 5	14.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	25.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	5.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.6%
75 and over	25.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanticoke	Pittsville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.6%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanticoke	Pittsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanticoke	Pittsville
Drove alone	100.0%	86.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanticoke	Pittsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Nanticoke	Pittsville
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.7%
Average household size	3.81	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1938	1995