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Adelphi, MD

17,210 Population
2.7 square miles 6,326.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$32,608 ±$2,583 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $62,026 ±$306
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$80,833 ±$6,693 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $123,896 ±$689
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

17.2% ±5.3% (2,906  ±941) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 484,187 (±0.2% / ±11,542)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

34.7 minutes ±1.9 (282,805  ±34,941) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33 84,854,504 (±0.1 / ±452,475)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

5,320 ±381 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,350,158 ±4,553
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
3.2 ±0.2 (16,991  ±1,597) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,167,808 (±0 / ±502)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

3.8% ±2.3% (156  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,397 (±0.1% / ±2,039)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

5,714 ±356 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,483,270 ±835
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$401,700 ±$33,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $553,000 ±$2,118
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

11.9% ±2.6% (2,016  ±484.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.7% 849,588 (±0.2% / ±11,175.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

72.2% ±2.6% (7,987  ±712.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.5% 3,938,689 (±0.4% / ±16,678.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
27.4% ±3.2% (3,029  ±433.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53.8% 2,314,689 (±0.3% / ±12,424.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

55.7% ±5.7% (9,585  ±1,327) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24% 1,501,590
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

3.1% ±0.9% (391  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.4% 352,853 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
391 Total veterans ±118 345 Male ±105 46 Female ±46

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