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Garrett County, MD

28,615 Population
649.1 square miles 44.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,354 ±$3,545 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,688 ±$3,685 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±1.8% (3,144  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±1 (272,745  ±17,985) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

12,578 ±360 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (27,925  ±74) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±2% (255  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,642 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$235,300 ±$10,588 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±1.6% (2,346  ±446.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±3.9% (19,404  ±836.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±2.2% (5,573  ±476.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.4% (397  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±1.1% (2,124  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,124 Total veterans ±264 2,033 Male ±249 91 Female ±48

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