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District 5, Parsons, Wicomico County, MD

27,474 Population
43.5 square miles 631.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wicomico County: 36.2 ±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

$38,107 ±$3,098 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wicomico County: $37,997 ±$1,540
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,554 ±$9,068 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wicomico County: $76,210 ±$3,602
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.9% ±2.8% (3,493  ±791) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wicomico County: 13.9% † 14,100 (±1.6% / ±1,620)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±1.7 (280,595  ±32,722) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wicomico County: 23 1,093,695 (±0.8 / ±47,387)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,948 ±616 Number of households
  • Wicomico County: 40,470 ±582
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (26,974  ±1,515) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wicomico County: 2.5 100,795 (±0 / ±52)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±2.1% (324  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wicomico County: 4.8% † 1,262 (±1.1% / ±279)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,714 ±532 Number of housing units
  • Wicomico County: 44,127 ±65
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,900 ±$12,965 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wicomico County: $254,700 ±$10,820
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.5% ±3.5% (5,039  ±993.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wicomico County: 15.7% † 16,347 (±1.6% / ±1,693.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±4.2% (16,608  ±1,071.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wicomico County: 90.8% 60,360 (±2.9% / ±1,928)
  • about the same as 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)
23.6% ±2.6% (4,266  ±513.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wicomico County: 29.5% 19,606 (±1.7% / ±1,122.8)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

12.5% ±2.7% (3,443  ±752) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wicomico County: 9.5% 9,913
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.3% (1,297  ±277) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Wicomico County: 5.9% † 4,778 (±0.7% / ±535)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,297 Total veterans ±277 1,139 Male ±253 158 Female ±80

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