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West Howard County--Ellicott City (North & West), Fulton & Highland PUMA, MD

125,654 Population
177.6 square miles 707.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$70,524 ±$4,390 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$173,690 ±$10,945 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • more than double the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

4.5% ±1.6% (5,527  ±1,987) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30.5 minutes ±1.9 (1,377,655  ±57,009) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

41,635 ±2,142 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3 ±0.1 (124,796  ±7,826) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±2.6% (1,331  ±672) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

43,146 ±2,336 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$755,300 ±$25,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.4% ±2.5% (10,519  ±3,158.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.5% ±0.6% (80,680  ±4,795.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,917,459 (±0.8% / ±33,511.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
68.7% ±2.3% (58,071  ±3,928) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

28.6% ±2.8% (32,952  ±3,232.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 20.6% 1,198,235 (±0.2% / ±10,659.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

23.6% ±3.1% (29,697  ±4,306) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6% ±1.1% (5,599  ±1,052) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,599 Total veterans ±1,052 5,054 Male ±1,022 545 Female ±286

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