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Kent County, MD

19,265 Population
277 square miles 69.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$45,817 ±$2,823 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$74,402 ±$8,406 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

9.5% ±2.2% (1,698  ±393) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

27 minutes ±2.4 (225,720  ±23,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,530 ±249 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.1 (17,652  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.9% ±2.6% (158  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,326 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$307,100 ±$17,782 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.9% ±2.5% (2,844  ±471.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.8% ±4.7% (12,792  ±671.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
37.9% ±3.2% (5,284  ±444.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.4% (855  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.1% ±1.2% (1,308  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,308 Total veterans ±187 1,185 Male ±180 123 Female ±59

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