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District 10, Straits, Dorchester County, MD

225 Population
21.6 square miles 10.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.7 ±5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Dorchester County: 43.5 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$77,898 ±$61,489 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Dorchester County: $35,605 ±$1,778
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

10.7% ±8.6% (24  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dorchester County: 17.1% † 5,528 (±2.2% / ±723)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

40.7 minutes ±39.6 (3,300  ±2,264) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Dorchester County: 26.9 362,600 (±1.3 / ±24,893)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

114 ±51 Number of households
  • Dorchester County: 13,546 ±385
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.5 (225  ±118) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dorchester County: 2.4 32,277 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

238 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Dorchester County: 16,433 ±30
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

84.3% ±53.7% (167  ±71.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.7% ±14.7% (31  ±32.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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 two-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

N/A Foreign-born population

18.7% ±11.5% (42  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Dorchester County: 7.9% † 2,056 (±1.1% / ±285)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
42 Total veterans ±34 31 Male ±28 11 Female ±14

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