Maryland · Census place 2436600
Hancock, Maryland
Hancock is a town in Washington County, Maryland with an estimated 1,570 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,570
- #86 of 100 in Maryland
- Change since 2020
- +1.2%
- +18 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 527 / sq mi
- State median 2,607
Measure from here
Tools and pages that start from Hancock
Hancock population, 2020 to 2024
Hancock added 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +11.
Hancock covers 2.98 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 527 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Hancock is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hancock is in
All of Hancock's residents live in Washington County, which had 157,228 residents in 2024. Hancock holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hancock
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hancock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21750. 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 Hancock is
The Census internal point of Hancock is at 39.704600, -78.163300. Annapolis, the capital, is 102.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Martinsburg, WV (19,047 people), 19.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 82.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.704600, -78.163300
- DMS
- 39°42'16.56"N 78°09'47.88"W
- UTM
- 17N 743198.5E 4398819.3N
- Geohash
- dr03vk50p
- Plus code
- 87F3PR3P+RM
Daylight in Hancock
At 39.70° N, Hancock gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hancock
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Williamsport, 19.8 miles away, with 2,102 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hancock, MD?
1,570 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 18 (1.2%) from 1,552 in July 2020.
What county is Hancock in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hancock?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21750.
How far is Hancock from Annapolis?
102.5 miles (164.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Hancock.
What is the nearest larger city to Hancock?
Martinsburg, WV, with 19,047 residents, 19.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.