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District 1, Elkridge, Howard County, MD

55,514 Population
19.8 square miles 2,798 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Howard County: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,366 ±$1,836 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Howard County: $67,501 ±$1,195
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$145,294 ±$5,033 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Howard County: $149,763 ±$3,158
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±1.8% (3,392  ±967) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 5.2% † 17,407 (±0.6% / ±2,016)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±2.7 (610,655  ±42,146) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Howard County: 28.5 3,703,370 (±0.5 / ±92,566)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,367 ±666 Number of households
  • Howard County: 121,065 ±625
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (54,556  ±2,588) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Howard County: 2.8 333,583 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 10 percent 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

5.6% ±1.7% (804  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Howard County: 4.1% † 3,211 (±0.6% / ±467)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

20,027 ±670 Number of housing units
  • Howard County: 125,286 ±105
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$486,500 ±$10,372 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Howard County: $597,900 ±$6,060
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.9% ±2.4% (8,624  ±1,362.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Howard County: 11.8% 39,315 (±0.8% / ±2,781.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±1.1% (34,842  ±1,487.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Howard County: 95% 218,336 (±1.6% / ±3,612.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
59.9% ±1.8% (22,113  ±1,122.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Howard County: 64.5% 148,194 (±1.3% / ±2,961.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

22.1% ±1.7% (12,267  ±1,088) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Howard County: 22.8% 76,729
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±0.9% (1,726  ±385) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Howard County: 6% 15,149 (±0.4% / ±1,037)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,726 Total veterans ±385 1,338 Male ±275 388 Female ±215

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