Maryland · Census place 2462025

Pittsville, Maryland

Pittsville is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland with an estimated 1,660 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 81st largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,660
#81 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+29 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,085 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Pittsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

Pittsville population, 2020 to 2024

Pittsville added 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,633. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pittsville covers 1.53 square miles of land, for 1,085 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Pittsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pittsville is in

All of Pittsville's residents live in Wicomico County, which had 106,329 residents in 2024. Pittsville holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pittsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pittsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21850. 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 Pittsville is

The Census internal point of Pittsville is at 38.394000, -75.407200. Annapolis, the capital, is 71.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Delmar, MD (4,748 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 90.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.394000, -75.407200
DMS
38°23'38.40"N 75°24'25.92"W
UTM
18N 464441.0E 4249610.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
87C69HVV+J4

Daylight in Pittsville

At 38.39° N, Pittsville 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pittsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Willards, 3.1 miles away, with 1,005 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pittsville, MD?

1,660 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 29 (1.8%) from 1,631 in July 2020.

What county is Pittsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pittsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21850.

How far is Pittsville from Annapolis?

71.1 miles (114.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Pittsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Pittsville?

Delmar, MD, with 4,748 residents, 8.9 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.