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West Pocomoke, MD

545 Population
9.4 square miles 57.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±13.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$31,256 ±$6,902 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: $34,781 ±$1,358
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
N/A Median household income

4.4% ±4.7% (24  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 15% † 17,958 (±1.6% / ±1,873)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

37.5 minutes ±11.2 (8,930  ±6,886) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 23.2 1,282,480 (±0.6 / ±45,322)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

303 ±154 Number of households
  • the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 48,330 ±644
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
1.8 ±1.3 (545  ±268) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 2.5 119,800 (±0 / ±130)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

303 ±154 Number of housing units
  • the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 54,841 ±78
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$134,400 ±$92,944 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: $228,300 ±$5,149
  • about one-third of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

7.2% ±7.1% (39  ±43.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 16% 20,395 (±1.5% / ±1,926)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

98.2% ±55.6% (432  ±163.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 88.5% 73,447 (±2.4% / ±1,978)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
27.7% ±9.5% (122  ±66.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 26.7% 22,142 (±1.3% / ±1,076.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

21.1% ±21.1% (115  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 8.2% 10,602
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

1.3% ±2.1% (6  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 6.4% 6,462 (±0.5% / ±527)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
6 Total veterans ±10 6 Male ±10 N/A Female ±14

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