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Denton, MD

4,879 Population
5.3 square miles 926.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Caroline County: 39.8 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$27,246 ±$4,058 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Caroline County: $33,898 ±$1,544
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$63,769 ±$6,535 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Caroline County: $66,368 ±$3,805
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

10.7% ±5.5% (493  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Caroline County: 12.4% † 4,064 (±1.5% / ±495)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

27.1 minutes ±2 (52,815  ±8,180) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Caroline County: 31.2 455,335 (±1.3 / ±24,574)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

1,658 ±169 Number of households
  • Caroline County: 12,181 ±242
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.8 ±0.3 (4,569  ±56) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Caroline County: 2.7 32,829 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

1.3% ±1.7% (14  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Caroline County: 4.1% † 299 (±1.1% / ±79)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

1,751 ±163 Number of housing units
  • Caroline County: 13,516 ±53
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$234,700 ±$53,205 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Caroline County: $272,400 ±$7,506
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

13% ±3.8% (631  ±182.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Caroline County: 9.3% † 3,041 (±1.4% / ±443.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

79.5% ±9.4% (2,542  ±349.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Caroline County: 84% 19,184 (±3.6% / ±822.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
14.8% ±4.6% (474  ±149.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Caroline County: 17.6% 4,013 (±1.6% / ±361.8)
  • about one-third 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

2.4% ±1.8% (119  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Caroline County: 6.8% 2,271
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

7.7% ±3.2% (290  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Caroline County: 6.4% † 1,629 (±0.8% / ±204)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
290 Total veterans ±121 238 Male ±115 52 Female ±56

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