City safety & data profile

EastonMD

Easton, MD is a 17K-resident city in Talbot County with a median household income of $74,653.

Talbot County, Maryland. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Easton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Easton has a population larger than 34% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $358,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

17K
Population (place)
Bottom 35%
By size
$74,653
Median income (place)
$358,900
Median home (place)
11%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Easton

Easton posts a median household income higher than 43% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Easton area.

Bottom 44%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Easton

Where Easton income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$74,653 Bottom 43% higher than 43% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Easton $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MD

Population among 121 MD places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Baltimore is the largest MD city on this list; Travilah leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MD

Median household income among the same 121-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Travilah posts the highest place-level median income in MD; Baltimore is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Easton, MD beyond the headline numbers

Easton sits inside Talbot County, Maryland, at roughly 38.77°N, -76.08°W. Population 16,617, $74,653 median household income. Median home value $358,900, median rent $1,197. Poverty rate 11%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Easton, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Easton, MD stands at 11%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Easton runs about 4.8 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

13.9% of Easton workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.9% in Easton, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

At 45.8 years, Easton's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Easton from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
16,617
Easton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$74,653
-16% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$358,900
-13% vs avg
Median Age (place)
45.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Talbot County): Easton's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
38K+0%
Median Income
$84,811+38%
Median Home Value
$409,700+25%
Poverty Rate
9.3%+8%
Unemployment
4.3%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Easton, MD
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,197/mo
Poverty Rate
11% -11% vs avg
Unemployment 3.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 38%
Work From Home 13.9%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population

White 67.3%
African American 15.7%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
40%
Short Sleep Duration
32.5%
Obesity
30.8%
Physical Inactivity
25.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.7%
Binge Drinking
14.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.9%
Diabetes
12.9%
Current Smoking
11.6%
Current Asthma
10.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.9%
Annual Checkup 81.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.9%
Stroke
4.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
UNIVERSITY OF MD SHORE MEDICAL CENTER AT EASTON
EASTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Easton?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Easton right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MD-EASTON-MD · Easton

Easton: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Easton; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Maryland state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Easton, MD?
Easton, MD has a population of 16,617 people, located in Talbot County, Maryland.
What is the median household income in Easton?
The median household income in Easton, MD is $74,653 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11%.
What is the median home value in Easton?
The median home value in Easton, MD is $358,900. Median rent is $1,197/month.
What are the top health concerns in Easton?
The top health indicators in Easton include High Blood Pressure (40%), Short Sleep Duration (32.5%), Obesity (30.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Easton?
Easton has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Easton?
The median age in Easton, MD is 45.8 years. 38% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Easton, both outside Maryland so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MD (11% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MD ($74,653 here).

Compare Easton with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Easton's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Easton area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Talbot County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.