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Chestertown, MD

5,594 Population
2.9 square miles 1,943.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±4.9 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kent County: 48.6 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,958 ±$3,809 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kent County: $47,492 ±$2,725
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,346 ±$18,320 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kent County: $80,147 ±$6,687
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.6% ±5% (489  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 9.7% † 1,730 (±2% / ±359)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±4.8 (40,485  ±11,704) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kent County: 25.4 211,520 (±1.7 / ±17,883)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,195 ±173 Number of households
  • Kent County: 8,493 ±262
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (4,183  ±95) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kent County: 2.1 17,754 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±7% (146  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Kent County: 4.9% † 205 (±2.9% / ±121)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,465 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 10,363 ±62
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$344,000 ±$19,310 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Kent County: $330,900 ±$14,244
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

28.7% ±7% (1,554  ±382.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Kent County: 14.5% † 2,779 (±2.5% / ±468.4)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±11% (2,917  ±398.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 92.9% 12,985 (±4.8% / ±684.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
53.2% ±9% (1,698  ±308.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kent County: 39.6% 5,535 (±3.3% / ±468.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about 1.5 times 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

5.2% ±2.2% (293  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kent County: 3.7% 710
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±2.1% (211  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 7.2% † 1,169 (±1.3% / ±206)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
211 Total veterans ±99 185 Male ±89 26 Female ±27

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