Maryland · Census place 2422600

Delmar, Maryland

Delmar is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland with an estimated 4,748 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 48th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,748
#48 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
+22.3%
+867 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
2,809 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Delmar. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

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Delmar population, 2020 to 2024

Delmar added 867 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +22.3%. In the latest year it moved by +134.

3,88120203,95920214,14520224,61420234,7482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,823. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Delmar covers 1.69 square miles of land, for 2,809 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Delmar is close to the typical town.

What county Delmar is in

All of Delmar's residents live in Wicomico County, which had 106,329 residents in 2024. Delmar holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Delmar

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Delmar by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21875. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Delmar is

The Census internal point of Delmar is at 38.442100, -75.560400. Annapolis, the capital, is 62.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Salisbury, MD (33,616 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 81.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.442100, -75.560400
DMS
38°26'31.56"N 75°33'37.44"W
UTM
18N 451095.0E 4255017.5N
Geohash
dqf68w4t7
Plus code
87C6CCRQ+RR

Daylight in Delmar

At 38.44° N, Delmar gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Delmar

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Salisbury, 4.8 miles away, with 33,616 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Delmar, MD?

4,748 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 867 (22.3%) from 3,881 in July 2020.

What county is Delmar in?

Wicomico County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Delmar?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21875.

How far is Delmar from Annapolis?

62.4 miles (100.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Delmar.

What is the nearest larger city to Delmar?

Salisbury, MD, with 33,616 residents, 4.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.