Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Snow Hill’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools and history and an A− for walkability; its weakest is a D for incomes. Snow Hill’s average trip to work is 18 minutes, below both the Maryland town median (32 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 4 of Maryland’s 329 towns score lower on incomes. On history, just 12 of Maryland’s 329 towns do better. Snow Hill's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 83% of U.S. towns. Only 31 of Maryland’s 329 towns score lower on the outdoors. Snow Hill has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Snow Hill beats most towns.
All Hallows Episcopal Church| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill High | 9–12 | 368 |
Census counts: 714 in 1850, 2,156 in 2020. The archive holds 23 old photos and papers going back to 1756 and 3 maps from 1901 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Snow Hill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Snow Hill. Close and well known come first.
9 mi National SeashoreAssateague Island National Seashore2.3M visitors a year21 mi Theme parkJolly Roger Amusement Park
20 mi Theme parkTrimper's Rides17 mi Zoo & aquariumSalisbury Zoo
17 mi MuseumNASA Visitor Center
30 mi MuseumEastern Shore Railway MuseumAssateague Island National Seashore: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Trimper's Rides: Mttbme, CC BY-SA 3.0 · NASA Visitor Center: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern Shore Railway Museum: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Snow Hill, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Snow Hill.
Its public schools are run by the Worcester County Public Schools. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Snow Hill High, with 368 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 368 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
At $48,000, Snow Hill’s median household income is below both Maryland’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). 18% of residents live below the poverty line in Snow Hill. Jobs based in Snow Hill grew to 1,306 in 2023, 658 more than in 2013.
| Snow Hill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $48,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
45% of Snow Hill adults have high blood pressure. Only 8 of the 262 Maryland towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Snow Hill. 16% of Snow Hill adults have diabetes.
| Snow Hill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Snow Hill | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.4% | 76.6% |
| More adults getting a yearly checkup | 82.3% | 79.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.3% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Snow Hill home is worth about $295,000, up 0.7% in a year, 31% below the Maryland typical home. The median rent in Snow Hill is $981 a month.
| Snow Hill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $981 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Snow Hill has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 28° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Snow Hill’s property crime rate is 2.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Snow Hill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.6 per 1,000 residents | 13.9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Only 7 of the 262 Maryland towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Snow Hill. Since 1991, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Snow Hill.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Among 249 Maryland towns, just 8 have a lower share of conserved land than Snow Hill.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Byrd Park | — | 13 |
| 2. Sturgis Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Snow Hill; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Snow Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Where Snow Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
8 places in Snow Hill on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Snow Hill.
Town in Maryland, United States
Snow Hill is a town serving as the county seat of Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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That is 3.6 years of the area's median household income ($81,745 across the Ocean Pines, MD area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
8 notable people were born here, including Ephraim King Wilson II and John S. Spence.
