Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

District 3, West Friendship, Howard County, MD

18,594 Population
44.1 square miles 421.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

46.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Howard County: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$80,529 ±$7,651 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Howard County: $65,860 ±$1,142
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$178,259 ±$11,421 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Howard County: $146,982 ±$3,334
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

2% ±0.9% (368  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Howard County: 5.1% † 16,915 (±0.5% / ±1,748)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

31.9 minutes ±4.8 (202,340  ±21,133) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Howard County: 28.8 3,850,260 (±0.2 / ±82,614)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

6,502 ±421 Number of households
  • Howard County: 120,066 ±669
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.8 ±0.3 (18,393  ±1,121) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Howard County: 2.8 331,252 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

3.3% ±2.2% (128  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Howard County: 4.3% † 3,394 (±0.6% / ±445)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

6,643 ±407 Number of housing units
  • Howard County: 124,489 ±98
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$727,000 ±$26,091 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Howard County: $576,700 ±$6,644
  • nearly double the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

10.3% ±2.8% (1,884  ±533) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Howard County: 11.7% 38,459 (±0.8% / ±2,733.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

97.9% ±3.5% (12,452  ±803.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Howard County: 95.3% 216,545 (±1.5% / ±3,410.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
69.5% ±3.8% (8,833  ±680.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 64.5% 146,579 (±1.2% / ±2,623.8)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

19.9% ±1.9% (3,703  ±421) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Howard County: 22.2% 74,013
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

7.5% ±1.8% (1,054  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 6.2% 15,628 (±0.4% / ±997)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
1,054 Total veterans ±263 982 Male ±254 72 Female ±67

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.