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District 5, Lakes, Dorchester County, MD

360 Population
57.4 square miles 6.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±8.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dorchester County: 43.5 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,954 ±$17,507 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dorchester County: $35,605 ±$1,778
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$120,208 ±$83,356 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Dorchester County: $61,839 ±$4,414
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.5% ±28.3% (117  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Dorchester County: 17.1% † 5,528 (±2.2% / ±723)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

48.6 minutes ±22.9 (9,525  ±6,106) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Dorchester County: 26.9 362,600 (±1.3 / ±24,893)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

136 ±49 Number of households
  • Dorchester County: 13,546 ±385
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.6 (360  ±151) 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
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

212 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Dorchester County: 16,433 ±30
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$545,700 ±$279,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Dorchester County: $262,400 ±$12,508
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±51.5% (233  ±82.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 86.3% 20,227 (±3.7% / ±863)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.3% ±19.3% (87  ±55.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Dorchester County: 19.4% 4,539 (±1.7% / ±403.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • a little higher than 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

14.7% ±14% (53  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Dorchester County: 4.5% 1,468
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±2.6% (4  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dorchester County: 7.9% † 2,056 (±1.1% / ±285)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4 Total veterans ±7 4 Male ±7 N/A Female ±14

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