Kent County vs Talbot County

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

Kent 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.

Talbot County has the higher population (37,707 vs 19,265 in Kent County). Talbot County has the higher median household income ($84,378 vs $74,402 in Kent County). Talbot County has the higher median home value ($398,300 vs $307,100 in Kent County).

Population, income & housing

	Kent County	Talbot County
Population	19,265	37,707
Median age	48.4 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,402	$84,378
Median home value	$307,100	$398,300
Median gross rent	$1,144	$1,248
Housing units	10,326	19,671
Homeownership rate	72.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kent County	Talbot County
Population	19,536 → 19,265 (-1.4%)	37,167 → 37,707 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$58,598 → $74,402 (+27.0%)	$73,547 → $84,378 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$249,900 → $307,100 (+22.9%)	$336,800 → $398,300 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,144 (+13.6%)	$1,116 → $1,248 (+11.8%)

Kent County

Population

19,53619,265

Median household income

$58,598$74,402

Median home value

$249,900$307,100

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,144

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)

	Kent County	Talbot County
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	12.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.3%	15.4%
75 and over	11.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kent County	Talbot County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	74.2%
Black or African American	14.2%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kent County	Talbot County
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kent County	Talbot County
Drove alone	70.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	8.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	14.3%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kent County	Talbot County
1-unit, detached	80.3%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Kent County	Talbot County
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1982