Pocomoke City, Maryland.
Typical home $219,741 (-2.2% in a year). Salisbury, MD-DE metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$592 (+105%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $4,850 -2%
- $224,591$219,741 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $33,561 +18%
- $186,180$219,741 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.
- Pocomoke City$1,153
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Pocomoke City, MD fell 2.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland
Pocomoke City is a city of 4,295 people in Worcester County. Unemployment in Worcester County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in government, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Pocomoke City is a small city on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Worcester County, with a town-sized population and a quiet, close-knit feel. Homes here are priced well below what many buyers expect elsewhere in the state, and incomes run lower than across the county. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places, and a good number of households live with tight budgets. Winters are cold but short on snow, summers are hot, and rain is fairly steady through the year.
Work. Many residents work in government, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants and hotels, or in shops. The largest workplaces in town include Walmart, ATS Test and Assembly, and Lowe's. The typical commute is a moderate one, and a modest group works from home. Across Worcester County, jobs slipped slightly last year, while unemployment is lower now than a year earlier.
Things to do. The Pocomoke River runs beside town and is a short drive away, and Pocomoke River State Park and Pocomoke State Forest, both protected areas of woods and water, are close by as well. In town, the Mar-Va Theater is a theatre that draws people out for an evening. For a longer drive, Assateague Island is a beach on the Atlantic side of the shore.
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- 1,909households
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Worcester County had 26,246 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 70°. About 8 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wallops Island Flight Fac weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Pocomoke City
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters258
- ATS Test and AssemblyBathroom and toilet accessories, plastics, manufacturing143
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter126
- Ricca Chemical CompanyWater, distilled, manufacturing27
- Buchanan SubaruAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 574 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
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively 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 Pocomoke City’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Worcester County and the Salisbury, MD-DE metro.
Pocomoke City home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Pocomoke City$219,741
- Maryland$424,890
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Pocomoke City listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Pocomoke City27.43%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Pocomoke City47
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Pocomoke City14
Zip codes with a Pocomoke City address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Pocomoke City — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.