BivalveMD
A town of 175, settled in 1887.
Is Bivalve a good place to live?
The biggest park or preserve is Cedar Hill Park, at 35 acres. Bivalve has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Bivalve lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 11% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Moving to Bivalve: who provides what
Bivalve is unincorporated, so Wicomico County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bivalve.
A larger share of households live in a home they own in Bivalve than in most of Maryland or the rest of the country
The typical home value in Bivalve is about $217,000, up 2.5% in a year, 49% below the Maryland typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bivalve stands out in Maryland and nationally, with more of its residents who live below the poverty line
The top destinations are Salisbury (36%), Fruitland (4%) and Cambridge (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Bivalve brings four seasons and hot summers
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 28° and about 8 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 11.6% of Bivalve
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cedar Hill Park | — | 35 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy Bivalve is
The share of adults in Bivalve who had a checkup this year: 84%. Against the Maryland average, Bivalve comes out ahead on 10 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 7.
| Bivalve | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 79% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bivalve | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 13.5% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.8% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Bivalve, with hurricanes at the top
One declared disaster, in 2003, has brought federal aid to Bivalve households. On expected storm and flood damage, Bivalve sits above 58% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 46% come from hurricanes and 22% from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Point Lookout State Park and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bivalve. Close and well known come first.
30 mi State parkPoint Lookout State Park
37 mi National SeashoreAssateague Island National Seashore2.3M visitors a year
38 mi Ancient siteU-1105
32 mi MuseumPatuxent River Naval Air Museum17 mi Zoo & aquariumSalisbury Zoo
23 mi National Historical ParkHarriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park15K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Point Lookout State Park: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Assateague Island National Seashore: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 · U-1105: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park: National Park Service, Public domain
Everything we know about Bivalve
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bivalve
About 0 of every 100 Bivalve residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
175 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Bivalve
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Bivalve is an unincorporated community and census-designated place along the eastern shore of the lower Nanticoke River, near its mouth on the Chesapeake Bay, in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 201 as of the 2010 census. Bivalve takes its name from the oyster, upon which the town's economy once depended. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Yellow Brick House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 13 ft
- ZIP code
- 21814
Questions about Bivalve
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bivalve, MD a good place to live?
Bivalve has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.