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District 3, Elkton, Cecil County, MD

28,597 Population
40.4 square miles 708.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cecil County: 40.8 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$32,745 ±$2,336 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cecil County: $42,560 ±$1,503
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$70,835 ±$11,004 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cecil County: $91,146 ±$4,181
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

16.8% ±4.3% (4,659  ±1,197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cecil County: 10.9% † 11,202 (±1.5% / ±1,513)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

26.3 minutes ±1.8 (287,490  ±30,342) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cecil County: 29.1 1,273,040 (±0.8 / ±48,322)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

10,575 ±526 Number of households
  • Cecil County: 40,172 ±468
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.6 ±0.2 (27,679  ±1,217) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cecil County: 2.6 102,715 (±0 / ±337)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

5.6% ±2.5% (405  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cecil County: 4.4% † 1,012 (±1.2% / ±275)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

11,143 ±554 Number of housing units
  • Cecil County: 44,159 ±150
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$275,700 ±$9,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cecil County: $311,800 ±$8,842
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

10.7% ±2.6% (3,044  ±743.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cecil County: 8.6% † 8,943 (±1.1% / ±1,170.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

89.6% ±3.8% (17,410  ±1,091.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cecil County: 91.5% 66,735 (±2.7% / ±1,969.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
21.3% ±2.4% (4,141  ±501.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cecil County: 26.9% 19,611 (±1.5% / ±1,109.6)
  • about half 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

5.7% ±2.2% (1,639  ±619) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cecil County: 3.7% 3,826
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

7.4% ±1.4% (1,617  ±303) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cecil County: 8.2% † 6,650 (±0.8% / ±679)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
1,617 Total veterans ±303 1,387 Male ±261 230 Female ±131

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