Hurlock, Maryland.
Typical home $275,371 (+2.7% in a year). Cambridge, MD metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$811 (+128%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,322 +3%
- $268,049$275,371 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $57,443 +26%
- $217,928$275,371 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Hurlock$1,445
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Hurlock, MD rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hurlock, Dorchester County, Maryland
Hurlock is a town of 2,070 people in Dorchester County. Half its households earn more than $58,511 a year and half less, against $61,839 across Dorchester County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in Dorchester County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dorchester County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hurlock is a small town in Dorchester County, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run a little below the county's. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than across much of the country. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers turn hot, with July the warmest.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in Hurlock are poultry operations, including the Amick Farms processing plant and its hatchery, along with Perdue Foods. Few people work from home, and the typical commute is a fairly long one. Across Dorchester County, unemployment is a little lower than a year ago, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly.
Things to do. The Transquaking River is a short drive away and suits anyone who likes to be near quiet water. Farther afield, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area a longer drive away, and Martinak State Park is a state park, also a longer drive from town. The Choptank River is another longer drive for those who want to see more of the region's waterways.
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- 914households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Dorchester County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dorchester County had 11,861 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Vienna weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hurlock
- Amick Farms, LLC MD Processing PlantPoultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing1,845
- Amick Farms, LLC MD HatcheryChicken hatcheries39
- Perdue FoodsOther animal food manufacturing22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,906 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hurlock’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dorchester County and the Cambridge, MD metro.
Hurlock home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hurlock$275,371
- Maryland$424,890
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hurlock12
Zip codes with a Hurlock address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hurlock — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.