Nanticoke vs Sharptown

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

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

Sharptown has the higher population (764 vs 396 in Nanticoke). Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($92,083 vs $85,357 in Sharptown). Since 2019, Nanticoke's population has grown faster (+20.0% vs +10.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Nanticoke	Sharptown
Population	396	764
Median age	34.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,083	$85,357
Median home value	—	$187,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,118
Housing units	252	332
Homeownership rate	59.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	48.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanticoke	Sharptown
Population	330 → 396 (+20.0%)	689 → 764 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$88,594 → $92,083 (+3.9%)	$65,809 → $85,357 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $152,400 (+4.2%)	$154,500 → $187,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$870 → $1,118 (+28.5%)

Nanticoke

Population

330396

Median household income

$88,594$92,083

Median home value

$146,200$152,400

Sharptown

Population

689764

Median household income

$65,809$85,357

Median home value

$154,500$187,100

Median gross rent

$870$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanticoke	Sharptown
Under 5	14.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	25.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	5.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.6%
75 and over	25.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanticoke	Sharptown
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanticoke	Sharptown
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanticoke	Sharptown
Drove alone	100.0%	86.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanticoke	Sharptown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nanticoke	Sharptown
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.9%
Average household size	3.81	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938