QuanticoMD
The town was settled in 1826 and has 126 residents today.
Is Quantico a good place to live?
64% of residents live below the poverty line in Quantico, against 7% in Maryland’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only one of the 262 Maryland towns we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Quantico. The biggest park or preserve is Chesapeake Forest, at 45 acres. Quantico has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Quantico lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 11% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Moving to Quantico: who provides what
Quantico 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 Quantico.
Quantico’s typical home value is about $281K
Typical home values rose 4% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Quantico work out of town
The top destinations are Salisbury (25%), Seaford (3%) and Ocean City (3%). The median commute is under 12 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chesapeake Forest | — | 45 |
| 2. Waller Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement | — | 8 |
| 3. Glatfelter Easement | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expect four seasons and hot summers in Quantico
Expect July afternoons of 89° and January nights of 27°, with about 8 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults had a checkup this year in Quantico than in most of Maryland or the rest of the country
In Quantico, 13% of adults smoke cigarettes. Of 32 CDC measures, Quantico beats the Maryland average on 8 and trails it on 6.
| Quantico | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 38% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 79% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Quantico | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.5% | 13.5% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.1% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Quantico, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical Maryland or U.S. town
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Quantico once, in 2003. FEMA puts 46% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 22% to inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Quantico
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Quantico
About 0 of every 100 Quantico residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
126 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Quantico
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Quantico is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, along the former stage route from Vienna to the port of Whitehaven on the Wicomico River. It consists of approximately 35 homes on the Quantico Creek. The community lies four miles (6 km) from Hebron along Maryland Route 347. There are two churches, a general store, and a post office in the community. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, Quantico had a population of 133. Quantico is a Native American name meaning "place of dancing". The oldest home in Quantico is at 6508 Quantico Road. The house was built in 1790 wit…
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- ZIP code
- 21856
Questions about Quantico
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Quantico, MD a good place to live?
Quantico has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.