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Betterton, MD

358 Population
1 square miles 361.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±13.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 48.4 ±1.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$32,939 ±$8,649 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kent County: $45,817 ±$2,823
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$74,375 ±$25,025 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $74,402 † ±$8,406
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

13.6% ±14.6% (48  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kent County: 9.5% † 1,698 (±2.2% / ±393)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

26.8 minutes ±7.4 (2,925  ±1,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 27 225,720 (±2.4 / ±23,700)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

141 ±39 Number of households
  • Kent County: 8,530 ±249
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.5 ±0.5 (358  ±120) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 2.1 17,652 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

5.5% ±10.5% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kent County: 3.9% † 158 (±2.6% / ±103)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

271 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 10,326 ±37
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$219,000 ±$36,480 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kent County: $307,100 ±$17,782
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

8.5% ±5.6% (30  ±22) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 14.9% † 2,844 (±2.5% / ±471.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

95% ±35.8% (249  ±62.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 91.8% 12,792 (±4.7% / ±671.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
38.2% ±10.9% (100  ±40.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 37.9% 5,284 (±3.2% / ±444.1)
  • about 90 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

2.8% ±4.1% (10  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 4.4% 855
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

11% ±5.5% (31  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kent County: 8.1% † 1,308 (±1.2% / ±187)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
31 Total veterans ±18 31 Male ±18 N/A Female ±14

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