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District 3, Elkton, Cecil County, MD

28,792 Population
40.4 square miles 712.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cecil County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,616 ±$2,447 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cecil County: $43,250 ±$1,359
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,706 ±$5,971 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cecil County: $92,007 ±$3,833
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±3.6% (4,473  ±1,006) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cecil County: 10.9% † 11,231 (±1.4% / ±1,455)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±1.9 (279,770  ±30,802) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cecil County: 28.5 1,225,630 (±0.8 / ±52,519)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,502 ±489 Number of households
  • Cecil County: 40,595 ±513
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (27,868  ±1,095) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cecil County: 2.5 103,248 (±0 / ±349)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±2% (334  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Cecil County: 4.6% † 1,057 (±1.2% / ±266)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,022 ±497 Number of housing units
  • Cecil County: 44,355 ±166
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$304,400 ±$16,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cecil County: $343,400 ±$8,810
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±2.4% (3,113  ±689.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cecil County: 8.1% † 8,419 (±1.1% / ±1,119.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±3.8% (17,377  ±1,039) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cecil County: 91.8% 67,336 (±2.7% / ±1,951.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.5% ±2.3% (4,323  ±482.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cecil County: 28% 20,517 (±1.5% / ±1,083.8)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.3% ±1.9% (1,801  ±562) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cecil County: 3.9% 4,120
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±1.5% (1,571  ±334) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cecil County: 8.4% 6,848 (±0.8% / ±670)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,571 Total veterans ±334 1,343 Male ±275 228 Female ±137

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