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Baltimore County, MD

852,425 Population
598.4 square miles 1,424.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,946 ±$1,477 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$87,884 ±$4,100 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.2% ±1.1% (76,365  ±8,820) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.1 minutes ±0.7 (10,545,235  ±339,290) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

337,395 ±2,653 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (832,834  ±366) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.6% ±0.8% (7,321  ±1,522) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

351,367 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$359,000 ±$5,882 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.6% ±1.3% (89,449  ±10,939.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.4% ±2.3% (547,131  ±13,426.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.9% ±1.5% (259,843  ±8,602.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

16.3% ±1% (131,048  ±8,292.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 21.8% 1,287,754 (±0.5% / ±26,704.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

13.8% (117,936  ±7,631) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.9% ±0.5% (32,697  ±3,544) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
32,697 Total veterans ±3,544 29,036 Male ±3,304 3,661 Female ±1,012

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