Allegany County vs Worcester County

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

Allegany County and Worcester 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 53,279 in Worcester County). Worcester County has the higher median household income ($81,455 vs $57,393 in Allegany County). Worcester County has the higher median home value ($348,100 vs $149,200 in Allegany County).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany County	Worcester County
Population	67,762	53,279
Median age	41.7 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,393	$81,455
Median home value	$149,200	$348,100
Median gross rent	$786	$1,180
Housing units	32,810	56,585
Homeownership rate	70.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany County	Worcester County
Population	71,445 → 67,762 (-5.2%)	51,765 → 53,279 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$45,893 → $57,393 (+25.1%)	$63,499 → $81,455 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $149,200 (+23.6%)	$262,200 → $348,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $786 (+13.3%)	$1,035 → $1,180 (+14.0%)

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

Worcester County

Population

51,76553,279

Median household income

$63,499$81,455

Median home value

$262,200$348,100

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany County	Worcester County
Under 5	4.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.0%
75 and over	9.4%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany County	Worcester County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	78.5%
Black or African American	7.0%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany County	Worcester County
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	40.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany County	Worcester County
Drove alone	79.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	11.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany County	Worcester County
1-unit, detached	72.7%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	13.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	25.5%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Allegany County	Worcester County
Poverty rate	17.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1958	1984