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District 23, Ballenger, Frederick County, MD

7,451 Population
12.2 square miles 611.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Frederick County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$49,865 ±$4,282 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Frederick County: $53,316 ±$737
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$108,573 ±$6,013 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Frederick County: $120,458 ±$2,695
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

3.9% ±2.5% (286  ±184) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Frederick County: 6.3% 17,361 (±0.6% / ±1,546)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

40.7 minutes ±1.9 (143,020  ±22,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Frederick County: 33.4 3,969,370 (±0.6 / ±96,383)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

2,863 ±250 Number of households
  • Frederick County: 101,807 ±547
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.6 ±0.1 (7,405  ±751) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Frederick County: 2.7 275,761 (±0 / ±79)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

5.6% ±3.7% (107  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Frederick County: 5.4% † 3,540 (±0.6% / ±369)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

3,052 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Frederick County: 106,480 ±80
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$372,400 ±$18,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Frederick County: $437,700 ±$4,781
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

21.5% ±7.5% (1,588  ±578.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Frederick County: 11.2% 31,098 (±0.8% / ±2,179.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

93.1% ±14% (4,754  ±500.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Frederick County: 93.4% 178,889 (±1.5% / ±2,885.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
47.9% ±4.9% (2,446  ±364.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Frederick County: 44.9% 85,948 (±1% / ±1,897.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

20.7% ±4.6% (1,539  ±379) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Frederick County: 13% 36,405
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

7.9% ±2% (444  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Frederick County: 7.5% 15,971 (±0.5% / ±958)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
444 Total veterans ±119 343 Male ±117 101 Female ±64

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