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Central Montgomery County--Gaithersburg & Rockville PUMA, MD

169,730 Population
35 square miles 4,843.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,784 ±$3,630 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$131,374 ±$10,078 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.5% ±2.1% (12,570  ±3,607) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.7 minutes ±1.3 (2,491,120  ±213,826) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

64,306 ±3,114 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (168,033  ±6,292) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.6% ±1.2% (1,503  ±532) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

67,828 ±3,595 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$614,500 ±$25,025 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.8% ±3.1% (28,211  ±5,381.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89% ±3.3% (109,557  ±5,918.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
60.6% ±2.9% (74,587  ±4,648.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

49.5% ±1.9% (77,446  ±3,030.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 21.1% 1,232,007 (±0.2% / ±11,123.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

39.4% ±3.4% (66,815  ±6,345) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±1.2% (6,405  ±1,572) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,405 Total veterans ±1,572 5,617 Male ±1,454 788 Female ±451

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