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Cumberland, MD

18,804 Population
10.1 square miles 1,856 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 42.1 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,056 ±$2,139 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: $33,352 ±$1,287
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,162 ±$3,822 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: $62,091 ±$2,149
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.1% ±3.9% (4,552  ±705) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 16% † 13,968 (±1.6% / ±1,393)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±2 (121,375  ±15,139) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 24.1 818,245 (±0.8 / ±37,384)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,405 ±300 Number of households
  • the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 38,502 ±572
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (17,887  ±60) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 2.3 87,199 (±0 / ±102)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.5% (224  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 4.6% † 877 (±1.4% / ±270)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,610 ±341 Number of housing units
  • the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 45,229 ±79
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,200 ±$8,731 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: $161,600 ±$3,727
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±2.3% (2,161  ±424.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 9.9% † 9,269 (±1% / ±968.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±5.1% (11,921  ±747.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 91.5% 61,541 (±2.3% / ±1,569.8)
  • about the same as 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)
22.7% ±2.7% (2,975  ±361.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 21.9% 14,693 (±1.2% / ±773.3)
  • 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

2% ±0.9% (381  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 1.6% 1,523
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±1.8% (1,244  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 8% 6,104 (±0.6% / ±456)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,244 Total veterans ±271 1,134 Male ±247 110 Female ±75

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