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Allegany County, MD

67,097 Population
422.2 square miles 158.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,597 ±$1,888 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,498 ±$5,013 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.3% ±3.6% (9,845  ±2,178) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.7 minutes ±1.1 (541,015  ±31,059) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,588 ±1,244 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (60,970  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±2.6% (461  ±342) 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

32,558 ±30 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$149,900 ±$13,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.4% ±3.3% (7,571  ±2,183.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.4% ±5.7% (44,815  ±2,781.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
21.6% ±3% (10,373  ±1,436) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% (837  ±479) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.5% ±1.4% (3,582  ±790) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,582 Total veterans ±790 3,365 Male ±707 217 Female ±181

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