Snow Hill vs Whaleyville

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

Snow Hill and Whaleyville 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 179 in Whaleyville). Whaleyville has the higher median household income ($81,771 vs $49,583 in Snow Hill). Snow Hill has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $187,200 in Whaleyville).

Population, income & housing

	Snow Hill	Whaleyville
Population	2,545	179
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$81,771
Median home value	$194,300	$187,200
Median gross rent	$1,034	—
Housing units	1,031	114
Homeownership rate	60.6%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snow Hill	Whaleyville
Population	2,150 → 2,545 (+18.4%)	55 → 179 (+225.5%)
Median household income	$39,516 → $49,583 (+25.5%)	$109,231 → $81,771 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $194,300 (+24.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,034 (+19.5%)	—

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

Whaleyville

Population

55179

Median household income

$109,231$81,771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Snow Hill	Whaleyville
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	29.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	20.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.7%
75 and over	7.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snow Hill	Whaleyville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	95.5%
Black or African American	31.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snow Hill	Whaleyville
No high school diploma	5.4%	15.2%
High school graduate	45.4%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	43.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snow Hill	Whaleyville
Drove alone	70.0%	68.5%
Carpooled	17.9%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	15.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snow Hill	Whaleyville
1-unit, detached	82.5%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Snow Hill	Whaleyville
Poverty rate	19.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.63	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1970	1938