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District 1, La Plata, Charles County, MD

16,322 Population
40.9 square miles 399.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Charles County: 38.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$52,537 ±$2,979 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Charles County: $50,540 ±$1,316
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$132,374 ±$4,817 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Charles County: $120,592 ±$2,691
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

3.9% ±1.3% (612  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Charles County: 6.6% † 11,077 (±0.9% / ±1,449)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

38.1 minutes ±1.5 (268,535  ±29,407) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Charles County: 43.1 3,186,315 (±0.8 / ±90,553)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

5,749 ±387 Number of households
  • Charles County: 60,199 ±423
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.7 ±0.2 (15,730  ±726) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Charles County: 2.8 167,425 (±0 / ±25)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

3.6% ±2% (134  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Charles County: 5.8% † 2,388 (±1.1% / ±452)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

6,125 ±414 Number of housing units
  • Charles County: 63,053 ±57
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$436,600 ±$13,545 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Charles County: $402,300 ±$6,334
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

13.9% ±4.1% (2,244  ±670.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Charles County: 10.8% † 17,980 (±1.2% / ±1,953.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

94.6% ±4.4% (10,986  ±815.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Charles County: 94.3% 107,711 (±2.3% / ±2,594.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
34.6% ±3.5% (4,017  ±467) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Charles County: 31.6% 36,128 (±1.4% / ±1,585.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

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

6.8% ±2.2% (1,110  ±361) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Charles County: 8.4% 14,133
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

10.4% ±2.1% (1,343  ±275) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Charles County: 13.2% 16,664 (±0.9% / ±1,126)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
1,343 Total veterans ±275 1,162 Male ±236 181 Female ±98

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