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West Pocomoke, MD

548 Population
9.4 square miles 58.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±11.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,071 ±$10,572 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: $36,173 ±$1,375
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: $73,802 ±$2,115
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.1% ±4% (17  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 14.3% † 17,350 (±1.5% / ±1,808)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.8 minutes ±3.8 (7,430  ±4,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 23.2 1,288,835 (±0.8 / ±56,249)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

301 ±106 Number of households
  • the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 48,818 ±674
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.4 (544  ±232) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 2.5 120,645 (±0 / ±124)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

301 ±106 Number of housing units
  • the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 55,055 ±97
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,300 ±$49,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: $241,200 ±$5,521
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±8.8% (42  ±51.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 15% 19,230 (±1.4% / ±1,763.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±9.9% (426  ±142.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 89.9% 75,465 (±2.6% / ±2,178)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.2% ±16.6% (162  ±90.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 27.4% 22,985 (±1.4% / ±1,193.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

12.2% ±12.3% (67  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 8.6% 11,179
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±2.8% (7  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Salisbury, MD Metro Area: 6% 6,146 (±0.6% / ±603)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7 Total veterans ±13 7 Male ±13 N/A Female ±14

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