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Southwest Montgomery County--North Bethesda & Potomac PUMA, MD

126,823 Population
45.6 square miles 2,782 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.4 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

$95,407 ±$6,217 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • more than double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$178,202 ±$14,399 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • more than double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

4% ±1.3% (5,029  ±1,641) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.9 minutes ±5.3 (1,531,670  ±174,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

48,498 ±2,945 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (125,621  ±9,670) 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

3.5% ±2% (994  ±591) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

50,623 ±2,876 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$944,600 ±$35,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.6% ±2% (10,897  ±2,602.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

97.7% ±8.8% (87,157  ±4,849.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
78.8% ±7.3% (70,351  ±4,220.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

40.3% ±3.4% (47,730  ±4,250.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 21.1% 1,232,007 (±0.2% / ±11,123.7)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

34.1% ±2.7% (43,290  ±4,722) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±1.2% (4,097  ±1,179) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,097 Total veterans ±1,179 3,601 Male ±1,110 496 Female ±342

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