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District 1, Fork, Dorchester County, MD

2,398 Population
54.7 square miles 43.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dorchester County: 43.5 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,560 ±$4,761 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dorchester County: $35,605 ±$1,778
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,081 ±$12,477 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Dorchester County: $61,839 ±$4,414
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±5.3% (217  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Dorchester County: 17.1% † 5,528 (±2.2% / ±723)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.9 minutes ±2.1 (28,805  ±7,267) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Dorchester County: 26.9 362,600 (±1.3 / ±24,893)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

888 ±162 Number of households
  • Dorchester County: 13,546 ±385
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.7 (2,398  ±384) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dorchester County: 2.4 32,277 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.5% ±16.4% (57  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Dorchester County: 5.3% † 375 (±1.9% / ±133)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,006 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Dorchester County: 16,433 ±30
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$242,900 ±$45,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dorchester County: $262,400 ±$12,508
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.2% ±1.5% (27  ±34.5) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Dorchester County: 9.1% † 2,951 (±2.2% / ±705.3)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.9% ±2.6% (1,377  ±232.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dorchester County: 86.3% 20,227 (±3.7% / ±863)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±4.7% (213  ±85.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dorchester County: 19.4% 4,539 (±1.7% / ±403.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about one-third 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

4.9% ±4.7% (118  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 4.5% 1,468
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±4.2% (144  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Dorchester County: 7.9% † 2,056 (±1.1% / ±285)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
144 Total veterans ±79 92 Male ±54 52 Female ±50

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