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Beltsville, MD

19,704 Population
7.2 square miles 2,734.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,444 ±$2,507 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $59,587 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $49,865 ±$225
$96,745 ±$8,150 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $119,803 ±$706
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $98,461 ±$511

10.4% ±3% (2,011  ±598) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.7% 483,993 (±0.2% / ±10,114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.3% 558,567 (±0.2% / ±12,491)

32.5 minutes ±1.7 (261,595  ±29,547) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33.7 91,478,190 (±0.1 / ±462,490)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 32 84,650,040 (±0.1 / ±434,310)

Families

6,277 ±418 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,361,858 ±4,124
  • Maryland: 2,318,124 ±4,316
3.1 ±0.3 (19,371  ±1,196) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.7 6,252,458
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,035,558

6% ±2.7% (259  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,767 (±0.1% / ±2,172)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,091 (±0.2% / ±2,150)

Housing

6,729 ±407 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,500,311 ±409
  • Maryland: 2,531,075 ±419

$373,100 ±$20,071 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $513,300 ±$2,492
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $380,500 ±$1,357

10.8% ±3.2% (2,099  ±,639.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 14% 879,844 (±0.2% / ±11,346.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 12.3% 751,737 (±0.2% / ±12,525.6)

Social

81.7% ±3.3% (10,422  ±,829.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.7% 3,989,829 (±0.4% / ±15,926)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,876,178 (±0.4% / ±15,701.8)
33.6% ±3.4% (4,290  ±,519.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53% 2,305,743 (±0.3% / ±11,794.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 42.2% 1,798,746 (±0.2% / ±10,315.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

40.5% ±4.6% (7,971  ±1,032) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 23.2% 1,469,883
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 15.7% 965,638

5.9% ±1.3% (859  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.6% 370,649 (±0.1% / ±4,223)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 7.2% 345,104 (±0.1% / ±4,918)
859 Total veterans ±194 756 Male ±190 103 Female ±113

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