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Essex, MD

40,580 Population
9.3 square miles 4,382.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,849 ±$1,882 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $52,391 ±$369
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
$67,168 ±$4,111 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $99,470 ±$889
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597

12.6% ±2.5% (5,073  ±1,034) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 9.8% 271,943 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)

29.4 minutes ±3.1 (539,160  ±39,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 29.4 34,523,896 (±0.1 / ±262,290)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)

Families

16,053 ±563 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,120,269 ±2,331
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
2.5 ±0.1 (40,310  ±1,998) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,786,699 (±0 / ±491)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810

2.7% ±1.5% (271  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 4.9% 33,546 (±0.2% / ±1,408)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)

Housing

17,128 ±551 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,201,675 ±344
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424

$258,900 ±$15,801 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $391,300 ±$1,904
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385

9.9% ±2.4% (3,980  ±983.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.1% 313,938 (±0.3% / ±7,971.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)

Social

86.3% ±3.5% (24,305  ±1,470) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.3% 1,826,855 (±0.6% / ±11,013.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
19.9% ±2.4% (5,615  ±732.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 44% 871,152 (±0.4% / ±7,038.5)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)

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

8.3% ±2.1% (3,370  ±860) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.6% 330,199
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670

7.3% ±1.3% (2,301  ±428) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 6.8% 150,313 (±0.2% / ±3,434)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
2,301 Total veterans ±428 2,049 Male ±367 252 Female ±147

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