
Maryland · FIPS 24045
Wicomico ZIP codes — Wicomico County, Maryland
Quick answer
Wicomico County is home to 104,117 residents with a median household income of $72,861 and a median home value of $238,900. 60.7% of households own their home and 14% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Wicomico ZIP code? 16 ZIP code areas fall inside Wicomico County, Maryland, listed in full below.
- Population
- 104,117Wicomico County residents
- Median household income
- $72,861Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $238,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,238Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 60.7%Owner-occupied households
Wicomico County, MD in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Wicomico County is a mid-size city in Maryland, with 104,117 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 36.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Wicomico County earn a median of $72,861 a year, 7.2% below the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Wicomico County is valued at $238,900, 21.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,238 a month, 11.9% below the national figure, or roughly $14,856 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
ZIP codes in Wicomico County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Wicomico County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Maryland
Largest Census places in Maryland by population.
- Baltimore city 577,193
- Columbia CDP 105,871
- Germantown CDP 90,521
- Waldorf CDP 82,541
- Silver Spring CDP 82,129
- Frederick city 80,617
- Ellicott City CDP 73,737
- Glen Burnie CDP 72,772
- Gaithersburg city 69,225
- Bethesda CDP 67,403
- Rockville city 67,218
- Dundalk CDP 65,441
Nearby counties
Other counties in Maryland.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Wicomico County?
- Wicomico County has 104,117 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Wicomico County?
- Median household income in Wicomico County is $72,861 a year, 7.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wicomico County?
- Median gross rent is $1,238 a month and the median home value is $238,900, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
- Is Wicomico County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wicomico County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Wicomico County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.