Allegany County vs Talbot County

A side-by-side comparison of Allegany County and Talbot County: population, income, housing, and more.

Allegany County and Talbot 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 37,707 in Talbot County). Talbot County has the higher median household income ($84,378 vs $57,393 in Allegany County). Talbot County has the higher median home value ($398,300 vs $149,200 in Allegany County).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany County	Talbot County
Population	67,762	37,707
Median age	41.7 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,393	$84,378
Median home value	$149,200	$398,300
Median gross rent	$786	$1,248
Housing units	32,810	19,671
Homeownership rate	70.3%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany County	Talbot County
Population	71,445 → 67,762 (-5.2%)	37,167 → 37,707 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$45,893 → $57,393 (+25.1%)	$73,547 → $84,378 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $149,200 (+23.6%)	$336,800 → $398,300 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $786 (+13.3%)	$1,116 → $1,248 (+11.8%)

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

Talbot County

Population

37,16737,707

Median household income

$73,547$84,378

Median home value

$336,800$398,300

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany County	Talbot County
Under 5	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	15.4%
75 and over	9.4%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany County	Talbot County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	74.2%
Black or African American	7.0%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany County	Talbot County
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany County	Talbot County
Drove alone	79.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany County	Talbot County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Allegany County	Talbot County
Poverty rate	17.2%	10.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1958	1982