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Montgomery County, MD

1,052,521 Population
493.1 square miles 2,134.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$62,317 ±$1,564 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $49,236 ±$526
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$118,323 ±$3,608 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $94,991 ±$1,080
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

7.9% ±0.9% (82,410  ±9,732) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.6% 581,748 (±0.4% / ±21,727)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

31.7 minutes ±0.7 (12,552,850  ±428,646) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 30.8 78,339,830 (±0.3 / ±941,998)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

391,297 ±2,728 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,375,984 ±8,175
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0 (1,043,841  ±143) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,039,338
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.8% ±0.8% (11,619  ±2,019) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 5% 71,827 (±0.4% / ±5,546)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

406,850 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,559,057 ±654
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$614,000 ±$9,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $398,100 ±$3,070
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.8% ±1% (122,430  ±10,627.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 11.6% 704,384 (±0.4% / ±24,705.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

91.9% ±1.8% (672,132  ±12,881.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,918,299 (±0.8% / ±33,025.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
60.9% ±1.3% (445,874  ±9,603.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,878,705 (±0.5% / ±22,389.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

43.2% ±1.2% (428,773  ±11,814.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 20.7% 1,203,585 (±0.4% / ±23,671.4)
  • about double the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

34.1% (358,504  ±9,393) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 16.7% 1,029,710
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

3.8% ±0.4% (30,899  ±2,987) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 324,204 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
30,899 Total veterans ±2,987 25,370 Male ±2,743 5,529 Female ±1,117

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