Newark vs Snow Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Newark and Snow Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Snow Hill has the higher population (2,545 vs 347 in Newark). Newark has the higher median household income ($105,093 vs $49,583 in Snow Hill). Newark has the higher median home value ($337,000 vs $194,300 in Snow Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Snow Hill
Population	347	2,545
Median age	50.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,093	$49,583
Median home value	$337,000	$194,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,034
Housing units	140	1,031
Homeownership rate	68.6%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Snow Hill
Population	572 → 347 (-39.3%)	2,150 → 2,545 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$89,315 → $105,093 (+17.7%)	$39,516 → $49,583 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$583,300 → $337,000 (-42.2%)	$155,700 → $194,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $1,552 (-2.7%)	$865 → $1,034 (+19.5%)

Newark

Population

572347

Median household income

$89,315$105,093

Median home value

$583,300$337,000

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,552

Snow Hill

Population

2,1502,545

Median household income

$39,516$49,583

Median home value

$155,700$194,300

Median gross rent

$865$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark	Snow Hill
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	26.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	19.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	23.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.6%
75 and over	3.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Snow Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	60.9%
Black or African American	14.7%	31.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	19.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Snow Hill
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	47.7%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Snow Hill
Drove alone	50.5%	70.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	31.3%	5.2%
Other means	18.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Snow Hill
1-unit, detached	87.9%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Snow Hill
Poverty rate	13.5%	19.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	48	20
Median year structure built	1997	1970