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Charlestown, MD

1,999 Population
1.2 square miles 1,710.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,375 ±$5,954 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$122,125 ±$39,930 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $91,289 ±$666
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.5% ±7.4% (169  ±153) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.5 minutes ±12.6 (22,950  ±6,456) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.7 71,567,030 (±0.1 / ±429,115)
  • 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

725 ±159 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (1,988  ±487) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • 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

3.1% ±4.8% (14  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

765 ±163 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$378,400 ±$38,374 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±5.4% (104  ±110.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±25% (1,256  ±203.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.2% ±4.7% (522  ±130.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

1.2% ±0.8% (23  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.9% ±4.3% (155  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
155 Total veterans ±70 138 Male ±58 17 Female ±19

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