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Frederick County, MD

299,317 Population
660.6 square miles 453.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.5 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

$54,965 ±$1,950 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$122,059 ±$5,723 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

4.9% ±0.9% (14,518  ±2,667) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

34.1 minutes ±1 (4,565,100  ±202,767) 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

108,330 ±1,396 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0 (295,102  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±2.1% (3,973  ±1,465) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

113,223 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$503,700 ±$15,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.6% ±1.5% (28,437  ±4,369.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.3% ±3.1% (191,426  ±6,421.6) 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)
46.8% ±2.2% (96,098  ±4,541.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

15.1% (45,260  ±3,956) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8% ±1.2% (18,099  ±2,701) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
18,099 Total veterans ±2,701 14,928 Male ±2,087 3,171 Female ±965

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