Snow Hill, Maryland.
Typical home $295,158 (+0.7% in a year). Salisbury, MD-DE metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$819 (+112%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,948 +1%
- $293,210$295,158 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $50,165 +20%
- $244,993$295,158 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.
- Snow Hill$1,549
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Snow Hill, MD rose 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland
Snow Hill is a town of 2,156 people in Worcester County. Half its households earn more than $48,382 a year and half less, against $81,745 across Worcester County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 56% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 44% are rented. 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 people in Worcester County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Snow Hill is a small town in Worcester County, Maryland, and it is home to a somewhat younger population than many small towns. Incomes here run well below the county's, and more households live below the poverty line than most people might expect. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than hold one across much of the country.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, professional and business services, and shops. Some of the largest workplaces in town are Worcester County Government, Venca Care and Tyson Farms. Most people have a short commute, and few work from home. Across Worcester County, unemployment is lower than it was a year ago, though the number of jobs slipped slightly last year.
Things to do. In or beside town, the Julia A. Purnell Museum is a local museum worth a visit. A short drive away are Pocomoke River State Park and Pocomoke State Forest, both protected areas along the Pocomoke River. For a day at the shore, Assateague Island is a beach a longer drive away. Winters are cool with some snow, summers are hot, and rain falls fairly evenly through the year.
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- 1,038households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Worcester County 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 49° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 70°. About 10 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Snow Hill North weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Snow Hill
- Worcester County GovernmentCounty commissioners298
- Venca CareSkilled nursing facilities110
- Worcester County GovernmentLegal counsel offices, government35
- Tyson FarmsOther animal food manufacturing22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 465 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
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Snow Hill’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 Worcester County and the Salisbury, MD-DE metro.
Snow Hill home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Snow Hill$295,158
- 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.
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.
- Snow Hill17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Snow Hill5
Zip codes with a Snow Hill address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Snow Hill — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.