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District 4, Preston, Caroline County, MD

3,734 Population
44.2 square miles 84.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Caroline County: 39.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$38,686 ±$4,330 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Caroline County: $33,898 ±$1,544
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$78,347 ±$6,890 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Caroline County: $66,368 ±$3,805
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

6.3% ±3.6% (235  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Caroline County: 12.4% † 4,064 (±1.5% / ±495)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

27.9 minutes ±2.4 (51,760  ±7,659) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Caroline County: 31.2 455,335 (±1.3 / ±24,574)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

1,452 ±119 Number of households
  • Caroline County: 12,181 ±242
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.6 ±0.2 (3,717  ±388) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Caroline County: 2.7 32,829 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

4.9% ±3.4% (45  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Caroline County: 4.1% † 299 (±1.1% / ±79)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

1,643 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Caroline County: 13,516 ±53
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$282,000 ±$18,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Caroline County: $272,400 ±$7,506
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

4.7% ±2.9% (173  ±107.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Caroline County: 9.3% † 3,041 (±1.4% / ±443.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

91.5% ±7.3% (2,342  ±282) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Caroline County: 84% 19,184 (±3.6% / ±822.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
23.7% ±5.3% (608  ±146.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Caroline County: 17.6% 4,013 (±1.6% / ±361.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

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

1.6% ±1.5% (58  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Caroline County: 6.8% 2,271
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

7.4% ±2.3% (213  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Caroline County: 6.4% † 1,629 (±0.8% / ±204)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
213 Total veterans ±69 210 Male ±67 3 Female ±6

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