Nanticoke vs Powellville

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

Nanticoke and Powellville 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 213 in Powellville). Powellville has the higher median household income ($98,281 vs $92,083 in Nanticoke). Since 2019, Powellville's population has grown faster (+309.6% vs +20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Nanticoke	Powellville
Population	396	213
Median age	34.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,083	$98,281
Median home value	—	$196,100
Housing units	252	105
Homeownership rate	59.6%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	48.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanticoke	Powellville
Population	330 → 396 (+20.0%)	52 → 213 (+309.6%)
Median household income	$88,594 → $92,083 (+3.9%)	$65,313 → $98,281 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $152,400 (+4.2%)	$119,600 → $196,100 (+64.0%)

Nanticoke

Population

330396

Median household income

$88,594$92,083

Median home value

$146,200$152,400

Powellville

Population

52213

Median household income

$65,313$98,281

Median home value

$119,600$196,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanticoke	Powellville
Under 5	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	26.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	28.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	5.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.6%
75 and over	25.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanticoke	Powellville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanticoke	Powellville
No high school diploma	0.0%	30.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanticoke	Powellville
Drove alone	100.0%	91.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
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	Powellville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	63.8%
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%	36.2%

Poverty & households

	Nanticoke	Powellville
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.7%
Average household size	3.81	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1938	1996