Allegany County vs Queen Anne's County

A side-by-side comparison of Allegany County and Queen Anne's County: population, income, housing, and more.

Allegany County and Queen Anne's County are counties in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allegany County has the higher population (67,762 vs 50,951 in Queen Anne's County). Queen Anne's County has the higher median household income ($113,347 vs $57,393 in Allegany County). Queen Anne's County has the higher median home value ($441,800 vs $149,200 in Allegany County).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany County	Queen Anne's County
Population	67,762	50,951
Median age	41.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,393	$113,347
Median home value	$149,200	$441,800
Median gross rent	$786	$1,611
Housing units	32,810	21,703
Homeownership rate	70.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany County	Queen Anne's County
Population	71,445 → 67,762 (-5.2%)	49,632 → 50,951 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$45,893 → $57,393 (+25.1%)	$97,034 → $113,347 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $149,200 (+23.6%)	$353,100 → $441,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $786 (+13.3%)	$1,503 → $1,611 (+7.2%)

Allegany County

Population

71,44567,762

Median household income

$45,893$57,393

Median home value

$120,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$694$786

Queen Anne's County

Population

49,63250,951

Median household income

$97,034$113,347

Median home value

$353,100$441,800

Median gross rent

$1,503$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany County	Queen Anne's County
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.9%
75 and over	9.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany County	Queen Anne's County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	83.1%
Black or African American	7.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany County	Queen Anne's County
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	40.8%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany County	Queen Anne's County
Drove alone	79.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	13.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany County	Queen Anne's County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Allegany County	Queen Anne's County
Poverty rate	17.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1958	1988