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Essex, MD

40,670 Population
9.3 square miles 4,392.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$36,457 ±$1,673 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $51,146 ±$373
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$67,082 ±$5,033 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $97,300 ±$919
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

12.7% ±2.7% (5,097  ±1,102) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 9.9% 274,570 (±0.3% / ±7,894)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

30.3 minutes ±2.1 (572,320  ±57,682) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 29.7 35,490,380 (±0.1 / ±270,570)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

16,019 ±537 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,107,822 ±2,977
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.5 ±0.1 (40,374  ±2,229) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,779,270 (±0 / ±346)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

3.7% ±2.2% (369  ±222) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 5.1% 34,457 (±0.2% / ±1,593)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

17,142 ±547 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,195,538 ±523
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$253,500 ±$19,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $373,300 ±$1,771
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

11.3% ±2.8% (4,551  ±1,173.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.5% 321,598 (±0.3% / ±8,017.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

85.9% ±2.3% (24,346  ±1,380.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.1% 1,817,456 (±0.6% / ±11,018.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
19% ±1.9% (5,397  ±610.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 43.3% 853,934 (±0.4% / ±7,158.1)
  • about half 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

8.4% ±2% (3,395  ±834) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.2% 318,601
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

6.8% ±1.1% (2,149  ±375) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 7.1% 154,815 (±0.2% / ±3,292)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
2,149 Total veterans ±375 1,977 Male ±381 172 Female ±79

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