Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety31#10,802/15,637
Economy7#14,525/15,631
Housing64#5,319/14,977
Health22#12,121/15,609
Healthcare22#12,278/15,650
Environment54#7,129/15,453
Education24#11,861/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,590/15,650
Community12#13,742/15,651
Leisure & amenities3#15,184/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crisfield, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Somerset County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Dentists · high233 /100k
100/100Maryland 82 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSomerset County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,842 /100k
89/100Maryland 2,655 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSomerset County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.5 µg/m³
82/100Maryland 7.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySomerset County value
Public libraries · high1.2 /10k
81/100Maryland 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSomerset County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.63%
76/100Maryland 0.92%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Suicide rate · low11.6 /100k
76/100Maryland 10.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataSomerset County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low9.8%
1/100Maryland 92.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSomerset County value
Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Maryland 7.1United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSomerset County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.8 /10k
2/100Maryland 7.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSomerset County value
Unemployment rate · high15.0%
3/100Maryland 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Maryland 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSomerset County value
Voter turnout · low51.3%
5/100Maryland 68.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionSomerset County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
57.2% (2015-2019) → 26.0% (2020-2024)
−31 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
35.5% (2015-2019) → 20.5% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$29,688 (2015-2019) → $50,139 (2020-2024)
+69%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
10.1% (2015-2019) → 23.7% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.7% (2015-2019) → 39.8% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.9% (2015-2019) → 79.6% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Crisfield, Maryland improved on 5 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Child poverty−31 points57.2% → 26.0%
Poverty−15 points35.5% → 20.5%
Household income+69%$29,688 → $50,139
Bachelor's++14 points10.1% → 23.7%
Broadband+9.7 points69.9% → 79.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Crisfield, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.0 min2015-2019	22.4 min2020-2024	−6.7 min	Within the margin of error	95%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	69.9%2015-2019	79.6%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Improved	58%
Child poverty rate	57.2%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	−31 points	Improved	98%
High school diploma or higher	79.7%2015-2019	84.0%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	−0.9×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5282015-2019	0.4542020-2024	−0.074	Within the margin of error	91%
Median household income	$29,6882015-2019	$50,1392020-2024	+69%	Improved	94%
Poverty rate	35.5%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	97%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent-burdened households	49.7%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	−9.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.1%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Crisfield, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crisfield, Maryland in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Crisfield, Maryland itself moved +22.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,499 residents (±23)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+7.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,499 residents (±23)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

White52%1,295
Black27%†674
Hispanic or Latino12%†294
Asian2.5%†63
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%†7
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.6%†166

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+4.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,588 residents (±195)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma16%†254
High school or GED36%574
Some college19%†295
Associate degree5.6%†89
Bachelor's degree15%†232
Graduate degree9.1%†144

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (−13.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

972 households (±138)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k33%†318
$25k–50k17%†165
$50k–75k27%†265
$75k–100k7.5%†73
$100k–150k8.6%†84
$150k–200k4.5%†44
$200k or more2.4%†23

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

972 households (±138)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

Own55%534
Rent45%†438

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

427 households (±137)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $75048%†204
$750–1,00021%†91
$1,000–1,50028%†118

Home values

534 homes (±120)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k56%300
$150k–250k27%†146
$250k–400k12%†64

Age of homes

1,416 homes (±150)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later2.2%†31
2000–200917%†242
1980–199927%†376

Size of homes

1,416 homes (±150)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio0.4%†6
1 bedroom15%†214
2 bedrooms30%†422

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

910 workers (±138)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone84%760
Carpool9.1%†83
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.0%†9
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.8%†53
Other0.5%†5

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

857 workers (±143)

Crisfield, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min45%†385
15–29 min20%†172
30–44 min16%†138

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Salisbury, MD

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Somerset County, the county holding most of Crisfield's residents.

Somerset County has 360 employer establishments, 146 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Maryland's), with 4,141 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,686. The Census Bureau also counts 1,608 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 360; 1,608 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 146; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 4,141
Average annual pay: $46,686; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Somerset County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	29	11.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	134	$54,634	110
Religious organizations	25	10.2	1.83×More than typical	130	$26,969	—
Restaurants and other eating places	19	7.7	0.42×Fewer than typical	191	$21,052	15
Ambulatory health care services	18	7.3	0.35×Fewer than typical	167	$70,934	61
Construction of buildings	14	5.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	34	$38,147	56
Lessors of real estate	13	5.3	0.43×Fewer than typical	26	$29,077	88
Building equipment contractors	11	4.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	49	$41,612	17
Limited-service restaurants	11	4.5	0.56×Fewer than typical	129	$21,984	8
Other specialty trade contractors	11	4.5	1.78×More than typical	60	$59,867	40
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	4.5	0.66×Fewer than typical	30	$24,833	181
Truck transportation	11	4.5	0.88×About typical	53	$56,208	37
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	9	3.7	0.90×Too few to compare	25	$28,960	17

Rank places for an industry Open Somerset County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,596 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $44.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Crisfield, Maryland: $17.82 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $44.5K; −86% vs FY2025
Per resident: $17.82; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$44.5K100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

396.5KFY2017
18.7KFY2018
49.2KFY2019
100.4KFY2020
84.7KFY2021
38.3KFY2022
153KFY2023
845.5K

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$30.1K68%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$14.1K32%
Building finishing contractors · 2383$3390.8%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Crisfield, Maryland, so they do not add up across cities.

Crisfield, Maryland's figures are part of those of Somerset County, MD ($377.7K in FY2026), never added to them: 12% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Crisfield is mostly in Somerset County.

See federal money in Somerset County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Crisfield, Maryland is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Andy HarrisR-MD-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 2.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Somerset County11100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Salisbury, MD40

Other cities and towns in Somerset County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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