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District 3, West Friendship, Howard County, MD

18,784 Population
44.1 square miles 425.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Howard County: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$86,133 ±$12,589 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Howard County: $67,501 ±$1,195
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$184,856 ±$9,787 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Howard County: $149,763 ±$3,158
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2% ±0.9% (379  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Howard County: 5.2% † 17,407 (±0.6% / ±2,016)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.4 minutes ±0.3 (205,045  ±22,034) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Howard County: 28.5 3,703,370 (±0.5 / ±92,566)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,734 ±392 Number of households
  • Howard County: 121,065 ±625
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (18,578  ±1,066) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Howard County: 2.8 333,583 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±2.4% (157  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Howard County: 4.1% † 3,211 (±0.6% / ±467)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,884 ±375 Number of housing units
  • Howard County: 125,286 ±105
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$764,000 ±$31,924 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Howard County: $597,900 ±$6,060
  • nearly double the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±3% (1,904  ±572.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Howard County: 11.8% 39,315 (±0.8% / ±2,781.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.7% ±4.1% (12,805  ±832.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Howard County: 95% 218,336 (±1.6% / ±3,612.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
71.9% ±3.9% (9,419  ±699.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 64.5% 148,194 (±1.3% / ±2,961.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about double 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

22.2% ±2.4% (4,172  ±504) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Howard County: 22.8% 76,729
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±1.7% (1,064  ±251) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 6% 15,149 (±0.4% / ±1,037)
  • about 10 percent 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)
1,064 Total veterans ±251 1,000 Male ±247 64 Female ±62

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