Maryland · Census place 2484950

Willards, Maryland

Willards is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland with an estimated 1,005 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 99th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,005; #99 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020: +4.1%; +40 people
Land area: 1.1 sq mi
Density: 882 / sq mi; State median 2,607

Orange pin: Willards. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

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Willards population, 2020 to 2024

Willards added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +19.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 966. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Willards covers 1.14 square miles of land, for 882 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Willards is less dense than the typical town.

What county Willards is in

All of Willards's residents live in Wicomico County, which had 106,329 residents in 2024. Willards holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Willards

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Willards by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21874. 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 Willards is

The Census internal point of Willards is at 38.392400, -75.349400. Annapolis, the capital, is 73.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pittsville, MD (1,660 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 92.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.392400, -75.349400
DMS: 38°23'32.64"N 75°20'57.84"W
UTM: 18N 469487.7E 4249411.9N
Geohash: dqf6mmh5z
Plus code: 87C69MR2+X6

Daylight in Willards

At 38.39° N, Willards 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 Willards

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Pittsville, 3.1 miles away, with 1,660 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Willards, MD?

1,005 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (4.1%) from 965 in July 2020.

What county is Willards in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Willards?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21874.

How far is Willards from Annapolis?

73.7 miles (118.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Willards.

What is the nearest larger city to Willards?

Pittsville, MD, with 1,660 residents, 3.1 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.

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