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District 6, Patuxent, St. Mary's County, MD

12,189 Population
47.3 square miles 257.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in St. Mary's County: 37 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$50,546 ±$4,265 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in St. Mary's County: $51,358 ±$1,650
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$142,900 ±$12,182 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in St. Mary's County: $114,580 ±$4,177
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

8.8% ±3.6% (1,061  ±454) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in St. Mary's County: 7.5% † 8,344 (±1.2% / ±1,353)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

31.3 minutes ±7.8 (147,365  ±25,587) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in St. Mary's County: 30.4 1,499,930 (±0.8 / ±59,172)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

4,084 ±400 Number of households
  • St. Mary's County: 41,743 ±605
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
3 ±0.2 (12,178  ±1,445) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Mary's County: 2.7 111,971 (±0 / ±54)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

7.6% ±3.7% (200  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in St. Mary's County: 5.9% † 1,567 (±1.1% / ±295)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

4,748 ±418 Number of housing units
  • St. Mary's County: 46,078 ±62
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$444,200 ±$24,102 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Mary's County: $390,900 ±$8,531
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

12.9% ±5% (1,563  ±636.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in St. Mary's County: 13% † 14,742 (±1.4% / ±1,539)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

86.3% ±13.4% (7,126  ±725.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Mary's County: 92.4% 70,924 (±2.7% / ±2,101.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
31.4% ±2.7% (2,590  ±375.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Mary's County: 35.1% 26,951 (±1.6% / ±1,201.4)
  • about three-quarters of 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

2% ±1.1% (239  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in St. Mary's County: 4.5% 5,173
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

9.9% ±2.6% (905  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Mary's County: 14.1% 11,871 (±1% / ±868)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
905 Total veterans ±261 797 Male ±239 108 Female ±81

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