Caroline County vs Queen Anne's County

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

Caroline 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.

Queen Anne's County has the higher population (50,951 vs 33,406 in Caroline County). Queen Anne's County has the higher median household income ($113,347 vs $66,368 in Caroline County). Queen Anne's County has the higher median home value ($441,800 vs $272,400 in Caroline County).

Population, income & housing

	Caroline County	Queen Anne's County
Population	33,406	50,951
Median age	39.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,368	$113,347
Median home value	$272,400	$441,800
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,611
Housing units	13,516	21,703
Homeownership rate	71.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caroline County	Queen Anne's County
Population	33,049 → 33,406 (+1.1%)	49,632 → 50,951 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$58,638 → $66,368 (+13.2%)	$97,034 → $113,347 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $272,400 (+34.5%)	$353,100 → $441,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,070 (+19.6%)	$1,503 → $1,611 (+7.2%)

Caroline County

Population

33,04933,406

Median household income

$58,638$66,368

Median home value

$202,500$272,400

Median gross rent

$895$1,070

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)

	Caroline County	Queen Anne's County
Under 5	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.9%
75 and over	6.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caroline County	Queen Anne's County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	83.1%
Black or African American	13.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caroline County	Queen Anne's County
No high school diploma	16.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caroline County	Queen Anne's County
Drove alone	81.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caroline County	Queen Anne's County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Caroline County	Queen Anne's County
Poverty rate	12.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1981	1988