Dorchester County vs Queen Anne's County

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

Dorchester 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 32,612 in Dorchester County). Queen Anne's County has the higher median household income ($113,347 vs $60,495 in Dorchester County). Queen Anne's County has the higher median home value ($441,800 vs $252,300 in Dorchester County).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester County	Queen Anne's County
Population	32,612	50,951
Median age	43.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,495	$113,347
Median home value	$252,300	$441,800
Median gross rent	$959	$1,611
Housing units	16,416	21,703
Homeownership rate	66.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester County	Queen Anne's County
Population	32,138 → 32,612 (+1.5%)	49,632 → 50,951 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $60,495 (+14.3%)	$97,034 → $113,347 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$183,300 → $252,300 (+37.6%)	$353,100 → $441,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $959 (+9.1%)	$1,503 → $1,611 (+7.2%)

Dorchester County

Population

32,13832,612

Median household income

$52,917$60,495

Median home value

$183,300$252,300

Median gross rent

$879$959

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)

	Dorchester County	Queen Anne's County
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.9%
75 and over	9.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester County	Queen Anne's County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.0%	83.1%
Black or African American	25.3%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester County	Queen Anne's County
No high school diploma	13.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester County	Queen Anne's County
Drove alone	81.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	13.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorchester County	Queen Anne's County
1-unit, detached	75.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester County	Queen Anne's County
Poverty rate	16.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1973	1988