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

12,883 Population
47.3 square miles 272.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in St. Mary's County: 37.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,101 ±$4,717 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in St. Mary's County: $53,417 ±$1,686
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$148,617 ±$11,453 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in St. Mary's County: $119,446 ±$4,480
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±3.3% (1,070  ±444) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in St. Mary's County: 8% † 8,982 (±1.3% / ±1,456)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.4 minutes ±1.9 (155,445  ±26,481) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in St. Mary's County: 29.9 1,457,090 (±0.8 / ±60,583)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,176 ±370 Number of households
  • St. Mary's County: 42,436 ±536
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.2 (12,870  ±1,350) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in St. Mary's County: 2.7 112,452 (±0 / ±97)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.5% ±3.7% (224  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in St. Mary's County: 6.1% † 1,651 (±1.2% / ±328)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,880 ±409 Number of housing units
  • St. Mary's County: 46,385 ±56
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$455,200 ±$30,485 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Mary's County: $407,600 ±$8,365
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.8% ±4.5% (1,377  ±591) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Mary's County: 12.4% † 14,153 (±1.4% / ±1,626.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.7% ±12.1% (7,481  ±721) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in St. Mary's County: 92.7% 71,997 (±2.8% / ±2,138.8)
  • 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)
29.7% ±3.4% (2,561  ±388) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in St. Mary's County: 36.5% 28,316 (±1.7% / ±1,284.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.6% ±1.2% (334  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Mary's County: 4.3% 4,942
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.2% ±2.6% (1,071  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in St. Mary's County: 14.4% 12,208 (±1.1% / ±913)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,071 Total veterans ±274 930 Male ±266 141 Female ±80

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