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District 8, Lawsons, Somerset County, MD

1,923 Population
24 square miles 80 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Somerset County: 38.1 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,690 ±$5,954 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $28,462 ±$2,506
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,345 ±$18,017 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $64,943 † ±$8,347
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±9.3% (190  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 16.4% † 3,250 (±3.4% / ±672)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.9 minutes ±6.3 (22,410  ±7,927) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 24.5 195,140 (±1.7 / ±19,600)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

848 ±146 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 8,348 ±337
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,847  ±367) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 2.4 19,850 (±0.1 / ±107)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.9% ±10.2% (38  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Somerset County: 2.9% † 144 (±2.2% / ±111)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

951 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 10,928 ±57
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,600 ±$29,984 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $173,200 ±$13,009
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±6.4% (236  ±130.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 11.7% † 2,883 (±1.8% / ±433.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±3.9% (1,351  ±216.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 86.7% 15,105 (±4.6% / ±850.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±5.9% (279  ±99.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Somerset County: 19.4% † 3,379 (±2.4% / ±420.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about half 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

0.5% ±0.6% (9  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 5.1% 1,266
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±3.3% (121  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 6.7% † 1,368 (±1.2% / ±253)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
121 Total veterans ±58 121 Male ±58 N/A Female ±14

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