Electric companies in Wicomico County, Maryland

Wicomico County, MD on the map

Electric utilities in Wicomico County, MD

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Housing and heating in Wicomico County, MD

Wicomico County, MD: 20,050 of 43,925 homes were built before 1980 and 11,565 in 2000 or later. Wicomico County, MD has 30,572 detached houses, 6,972 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 1,748 mobile homes, and 15,740 of 40,034 households rent.

ZIP codes in Wicomico County, MD

• 21801
• 21804
• 21810
• 21814
• 21822
• 21826
• 21830
• 21837
• 21840
• 21849
• 21850
• 21856
• 21861
• 21865
• 21874
• 21875

Facts about Wicomico County, MD

Residents of Wicomico County, MD, ACS 2023

104,11713 of 23 Maryland counties

Households in Wicomico County, MD

40,0342.60 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Wicomico County, MD

60.7%24,294 owner and 15,740 renter households

Median household income in Wicomico County, MD

$72,86118 of 23 Maryland counties

Housing units in Wicomico County, MD

43,9253,891 vacant or seasonal, 8.9% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Wicomico County, MD

59.8%23,942 homes, 7 of 23 Maryland counties

Utilities listed for Wicomico County, MD

22 with a home price: Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc, Delmarva Power

ZIP areas touching Wicomico County, MD

1621801 to 21875

Outage-linked storm events in Wicomico County, MD

92NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Wicomico County, MD

45.6%median year built 1983

Flood claims in Wicomico County, MD

86NFIP 2015 to 2025, $3.5M paid

Home energy burden in Wicomico County, MD

2.8%$1,795 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Wicomico County, MD

Wicomico County, MD has no price series of its own. Wicomico County, MD: the Maryland average was 13.82 ¢/kWh in 2015. Wicomico County, MD: 17.86 ¢ in 2024, 29% up. Wicomico County, MD: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Wicomico County, MD: a 929 kWh month at the Maryland price. Wicomico County, MD: $128 in 2015, $166 in 2024. Wicomico County, MD: $1,991 a year, 2.7% of the $72,861 median income.

Outage risk in Wicomico County, MD

Wicomico County, MD, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 92 in all, 88.4 per 100,000 residents of 104,117, rank 19 of 23 Maryland counties. Property damage in Wicomico County, MD: $1.6M.

Cost of living with electricity in Wicomico County, MD

Wicomico County, MD: electricity $1,795 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,411, 2.8% of $86,058 income. 39,939 households in Wicomico County, MD spend about $71.7 million a year on electricity and $96.3 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Wicomico County, MD ($28,281 a year) spend 7.3% of income, 2.6 times the all-home figure.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Wicomico County, MD

Wicomico County, MD: 86 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $3.5M paid, median paid claim $16,701.

488 of 36,412 residential structures in Wicomico County, MD carry an NFIP contract. 667 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Wicomico County, MD on 8 Sep 2026. Wicomico County, MD lists 34 repetitive-loss properties, 5 of them severe repetitive loss.

Wicomico County, MD: claims history, not an outage count.

Wicomico County, MD: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Wicomico County, MD: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Wicomico County, MD

Wicomico County, MD totals 4,062 heating degree days and 1,276 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Wicomico County, MD is the 20th coldest of 23 counties in Maryland: 4,062 against a median of 4,349. For cooling, Wicomico County, MD is the 8th hottest: 1,276 against a median of 1,230.

Wicomico County, MD runs furnace and air conditioner, 2,786 degree days apart.

Wicomico County, MD: 3,741 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 4,062 on the normal, 8% under.

Wicomico County, MD: 59.8% of 40,034 homes heat with electricity; 40.2% use gas, oil, wood or something else.

Wicomico County, MD: ACS B25040, 40,034 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Wicomico County, MD

Compare Wicomico County, MD with its neighbours

• Somerset County sits 21 miles south of Wicomico County, MD, with 24,685 residents against 104,117 there, 57 storm events against 92, median home built 1984 against 1983, energy burden 3.9% against 2.8%, income $52,462 against $72,861.
• Worcester County sits 21 miles southeast of Wicomico County, MD, with 53,279 residents against 104,117 there, 85 storm events against 92, median home built 1984 against 1983, energy burden 2.5% against 2.8%, income $81,455 against $72,861.
• Dorchester County sits 22 miles west of Wicomico County, MD, with 32,612 residents against 104,117 there, 89 storm events against 92, median home built 1973 against 1983, energy burden 3.4% against 2.8%, income $60,495 against $72,861.
• Caroline County sits 35 miles north of Wicomico County, MD, with 33,406 residents against 104,117 there, 104 storm events against 92, median home built 1981 against 1983, energy burden 3.6% against 2.8%, income $66,368 against $72,861.
• Talbot County sits 38 miles northwest of Wicomico County, MD, with 37,707 residents against 104,117 there, 124 storm events against 92, median home built 1982 against 1983, energy burden 2.4% against 2.8%, income $84,378 against $72,861.

Cities in Wicomico County, MD

• Salisbury electricity rates33,080 residents