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District 7, Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD

15,039 Population
37.1 square miles 405.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dorchester County: 43.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,494 ±$2,781 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dorchester County: $35,605 ±$1,778
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,693 ±$5,664 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dorchester County: $61,839 ±$4,414
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.5% ±4.2% (3,601  ±615) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times 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)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.9 minutes ±2.4 (144,185  ±19,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dorchester County: 26.9 362,600 (±1.3 / ±24,893)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,518 ±348 Number of households
  • Dorchester County: 13,546 ±385
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (14,613  ±344) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dorchester County: 2.4 32,277 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±3.1% (218  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 5.3% † 375 (±1.9% / ±133)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,766 ±337 Number of housing units
  • Dorchester County: 16,433 ±30
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$279,000 ±$15,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Dorchester County: $262,400 ±$12,508
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±4.2% (1,947  ±624.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dorchester County: 9.1% † 2,951 (±2.2% / ±705.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±5.5% (9,342  ±682.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dorchester County: 86.3% 20,227 (±3.7% / ±863)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.4% ±3% (2,291  ±327.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dorchester County: 19.4% 4,539 (±1.7% / ±403.4)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

5.2% ±1.7% (783  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 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 two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2% (949  ±234) 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)
949 Total veterans ±234 844 Male ±234 105 Female ±88

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