Nanticoke vs Willards

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

Nanticoke 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 396 in Nanticoke). Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($92,083 vs $72,614 in Willards). Since 2019, Willards's population has grown faster (+43.7% vs +20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Nanticoke	Willards
Population	396	1,273
Median age	34.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,083	$72,614
Median home value	—	$196,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,537
Housing units	252	503
Homeownership rate	59.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	48.2%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanticoke	Willards
Population	330 → 396 (+20.0%)	886 → 1,273 (+43.7%)
Median household income	$88,594 → $92,083 (+3.9%)	$46,210 → $72,614 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $152,400 (+4.2%)	$137,800 → $196,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$982 → $1,537 (+56.5%)

Nanticoke

Population

330396

Median household income

$88,594$92,083

Median home value

$146,200$152,400

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)

	Nanticoke	Willards
Under 5	14.6%	11.2%
5 to 17	25.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	5.8%	18.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.5%
75 and over	25.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanticoke	Willards
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	37.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanticoke	Willards
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	28.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanticoke	Willards
Drove alone	100.0%	90.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanticoke	Willards
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Nanticoke	Willards
Poverty rate	0.0%	21.0%
Average household size	3.81	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1938	1984