The median owner-occupied home in Worcester County had a real-estate tax bill of $2,629 (± $81) a year, compared with $3,989 in Maryland and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $348,100 (± $12,766), compared with $397,700 in Maryland and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Worcester County | Maryland | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 53,279 | 6,170,738 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $2,629 ± $81 | $3,989 ± $18 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $348,100 ± $12,766 | $397,700 ± $1,433 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $81,455 ± $4,456 | $101,652 ± $518 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.76% ± 0.04 points | 1.00% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 76.7% ± 2.3 points | 67.5% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 44.6% ± 1.4 points | 30.3% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 25.3% ± 2.6 points | 22.6% ± 0.3 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Worcester County (4)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Worcester County (5)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
Recognized by the Census Bureau, but no property tax figure published (2)
These places appear in the Census Bureau’s list of places and governmental units in Worcester County, but its 2019–2023 survey publishes no median property tax bill for them (usually because too few households were sampled). They are listed here so that no place is overlooked. The county figures above are the closest available estimate.
- Stockton CDP
- Whaleyville CDP
Other named communities in Worcester County (137)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Ayres Lane Estates
- Bainbridge
- Bay Colony
- Bay Harbour
- Bay Shore Acres
- Bayshore Estates
- Bayside Keys
- Bayview (historical)
- Bessen Landing
- Bishop
- Blueberry Hill
- Boxiron
- Boxiron Landing
- Bramblewood
- Briddletown
- Caine Harbor Mile
- Caine Keys
- Cainwoods
- Campbell
- Cape Isle of Wight
- Cape Pleasant
- Captains Hill
- Captains Knoll
- Careytown
- Castle Haven Estates
- Cedar Hall
- Cedartown
- Colbourne
- Corbin
- Dills Acres
- Douglynn Farms
- Douglynne Woods
- Duers Neck Landing
- Duncan Crossing
- Edgewater Acres
- Fenwick
- Figgs Landing
- Franklin Heights
- Friendship
- Friendship Estates
- Furnace
- Genezer Estates
- George Island Landing
- Germantown
- Golf Club Shores
- Goodwill
- Grays Corner
- Greenwood Place
- Hallet Heights
- Harbor Acres
- Harbor Mist Estates
- Harmon Landing
- Harmon Landing Estates
- Hayes Landing
- Herring Landing
- Hidden Harbor
- Highland Park
- Holiday Harbor
- Holiday Manor
- Holly Grove
- Homewood
- Hudson Landing
- Huntington
- Indiantown
- Ironshire
- Kirkwood Acres
- Kitts Hill
- Langmaid Landing
- Lewis Corner
- Libertytown
- Little Georgetown
- Little Millpond
- Longridge
- Louis Heights
- Manklin Meadows
- Manklin Moorings
- Mason Landing
- Milburn Landing
- Montego Bay
- Mount Wesley
- Mumfords Landing
- Mystic Harbor
- Nantucket
- Nassawango Hills
- Nathaniels Retreat
- New Bridge Haven
- Newport
- Newport Hills
- Newport South
- North Ocean City
- North Ocean Pines
- Oak Hill Estates
- Ocean Bay City
- Ocean City Harbor
- Owl Hollow Acres
- Parkertown
- Perrys Haven
- Pinehurst
- Piney Grove (historical)
- Piney Island
- Piney Point
- Pintail Isle
- Pomona Heights
- Public Landing
- Rolling Hills
- Saint James
- Saint Lukes
- Saint Martin
- Saint Martins by the Bay
- Salt Grass Cove
- Scarboro
- Scarboro Landing
- Seabright
- Sherwood Forest
- Shingle Landing
- Showell
- Sinepuxent
- Snug Harbor
- Somerset
- South Ocean Pines
- Spence
- Tanglewood
- Taylor Landing
- Taylorville
- Teal Bay
- Timmonstown
- Trappe
- Tyndall Estates
- Unionville
- Unionville Heights
- Warrens Park
- Welbourne
- Wesley
- Whiteburg
- Wildwoods
- Willow Grove
- Wood Duck Isle