Smith Island, Maryland

Back to Smith Island, MD housing info, Somerset County, Maryland, MD smaller cities, MD small cities, All Cities.   Submit your own pictures of this place and show them to the World General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Somerset County Population in July 2007: 383. Males: 187   (48.9%) Females: 196   (51.1%) Median resident age:   50.5 years Maryland median age:   36.0 years Zip codes: 21824. Estimated median household income in 2007: $37,369 (it was $26,324 in 2000) Smith Island:   $37,369 Maryland:   $68,080 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $133,138 (it was $55,800 in 2000) Smith Island:   $133,138 Maryland:   $347,000 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $120,680; Detached houses: $123,554; Townhouses or other attached units: $108,669; Mobile homes: $45,833 Smith Island, MD residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Profiles of local businesses: Smith Island Cruises Weichert Realtors on the Eastern Shore Cynthia Freeman Races in Smith Island: White Non-Hispanic (98.1%) American Indian (1.1%) Black (0.8%) Two or more races (0.8%) 2008 cost of living index in Smith Island: 76.1 (low, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Smith Island, Maryland on our local forum with over 600,000 registered users: Are there any "quaint" towns?  (63 replies) News, State Lawmakers Move To Name Official Dessert.  (0 replies) Ancestries: English (29.4%), United States (17.0%), Greek (2.2%), Irish (1.9%), French (1.6%), Polish (1.6%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Land area: 4.45 square miles. Population density: 86 people per square mile   (very low).

Average climate in Smith Island, Maryland

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Smith Island-area historical tornado activity is below Maryland state average. It is 23% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/28/2002, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 43.9 miles away from the Smith Island place center killed 3 people and injured 122 people and caused $124 million in damages.

On 4/28/2002, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 28.6 miles away from the place center caused $150,000 in damages.

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Notable location: Wading Place (A). Display/hide its location on the map Churches in Smith Island include: Union United Methodist Church (A), Calvary Church (B), Ewell United Methodist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map Lake: Great Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map Post offices: Ewell Post Office (A), Tylerton Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.2 people
Maryland:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	67.1%
Whole state:	68.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.4%
Whole state:	5.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 1.2% of all households

This place:	22.1%
Whole state:	8.5%

This place:	8.8%
Whole state:	4.2%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Smith Island, MD

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7.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,727 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.16%
Maryland average:	7.95%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

from Wicomico County, MD	2.70% ($31,423 average AGI)
from Worcester County, MD	0.85% ($33,317)
from Accomack County, VA	0.28% ($34,476)

6.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,338 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.70%
Maryland average:	8.13%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

to Wicomico County, MD	2.84% ($30,218 average AGI)
to Worcester County, MD	0.58% ($40,767)
to Sussex County, DE	0.24% ($33,444)

• Dan Gonzalez, Near Ewell, Md., Type: Mast, Structure height: 36.5 m, Overall height: 38.7 m, , Licensee ID: L00001228
  Registrant: Verizon Mayrland Inc., Irving, TX 75015-2092, Phone: (972) 718-4599, Email:

• SMITH ISLE, Near Ewell, Md., Type: Mast, Structure height: 36.5 m, Overall height: 38.7 m, Call Sign: KGO35, Licensee ID: L00001228
  Assigned Frequencies : 6197.24 MHz
  Grant Date: 01/09/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011
  Registrant: Verizon Maryland Inc., Irving, TX 75015-2092, Phone: (972) 718-4599, Fax: (972) 719-7242, Email: