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District 5, Parsons, Wicomico County, MD

26,546 Population
43.5 square miles 610.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wicomico County: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$38,569 ±$3,637 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wicomico County: $36,856 ±$1,543
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$73,589 ±$6,289 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wicomico County: $72,861 ±$3,051
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

13% ±2.9% (3,391  ±769) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wicomico County: 14% † 13,995 (±1.6% / ±1,579)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

21.9 minutes ±1.4 (285,410  ±28,750) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wicomico County: 22.9 1,083,060 (±0.7 / ±44,460)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

10,516 ±612 Number of households
  • Wicomico County: 40,034 ±545
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.5 ±0.2 (26,049  ±1,453) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wicomico County: 2.5 100,104 (±0 / ±59)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

4.8% ±2.2% (330  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wicomico County: 4.4% † 1,135 (±1.2% / ±303)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

11,429 ±572 Number of housing units
  • Wicomico County: 43,925 ±63
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$221,100 ±$12,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wicomico County: $238,900 ±$5,486
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

18% ±3.7% (4,734  ±1,015.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wicomico County: 16.3% † 16,857 (±1.7% / ±1,773.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

91.3% ±3.5% (16,202  ±1,068.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wicomico County: 89.4% 58,999 (±2.7% / ±1,800)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
22.9% ±2.6% (4,059  ±508) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wicomico County: 29.1% 19,229 (±1.5% / ±1,014.4)
  • about half 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

11.8% ±2.8% (3,127  ±756) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wicomico County: 9.3% 9,669
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

6.6% ±1.2% (1,367  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Wicomico County: 6.3% 5,110 (±0.6% / ±478)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
1,367 Total veterans ±248 1,212 Male ±250 155 Female ±92

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