Wicomico County vs Worcester County

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

Wicomico 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.

Wicomico County has the higher population (104,117 vs 53,279 in Worcester County). Worcester County has the higher median household income ($81,455 vs $72,861 in Wicomico County). Worcester County has the higher median home value ($348,100 vs $238,900 in Wicomico County).

Population, income & housing

	Wicomico County	Worcester County
Population	104,117	53,279
Median age	36.2 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,861	$81,455
Median home value	$238,900	$348,100
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,180
Housing units	43,925	56,585
Homeownership rate	60.7%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wicomico County	Worcester County
Population	102,539 → 104,117 (+1.5%)	51,765 → 53,279 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$56,956 → $72,861 (+27.9%)	$63,499 → $81,455 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$175,700 → $238,900 (+36.0%)	$262,200 → $348,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,238 (+16.8%)	$1,035 → $1,180 (+14.0%)

Wicomico County

Population

102,539104,117

Median household income

$56,956$72,861

Median home value

$175,700$238,900

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,238

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)

	Wicomico County	Worcester County
Under 5	6.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	14.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	16.0%
75 and over	6.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wicomico County	Worcester County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	78.5%
Black or African American	26.2%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wicomico County	Worcester County
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wicomico County	Worcester County
Drove alone	79.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wicomico County	Worcester County
1-unit, detached	69.6%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	13.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	25.5%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Wicomico County	Worcester County
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1983	1984