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Essex, MD

40,842 Population
9.3 square miles 4,410.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,520 ±$1,909 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $49,218 ±$296
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $49,865 ±$225
$67,580 ±$5,349 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $94,167 ±$740
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $98,461 ±$511

12.1% ±2.9% (4,893  ±1,188) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 10% 277,302 (±0.3% / ±7,036)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 9.3% 558,567 (±0.2% / ±12,491)

30.1 minutes ±1.7 (570,000  ±52,459) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 30.3 37,204,676 (±0.1 / ±268,638)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 32 84,650,040 (±0.1 / ±434,310)

Families

15,955 ±657 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,098,268 ±2,801
  • Maryland: 2,318,124 ±4,316
2.5 ±0.1 (40,540  ±2,239) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,779,445 (±0 / ±367)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,035,558

3.3% ±1.6% (333  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 4.9% 32,992 (±0.2% / ±1,522)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,091 (±0.2% / ±2,150)

Housing

17,011 ±583 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,190,378 ±386
  • Maryland: 2,531,075 ±419

$235,600 ±$11,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $357,800 ±$1,766
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $380,500 ±$1,357

11% ±2.3% (4,471  ±,944.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 12.1% 341,273 (±0.3% / ±7,885.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 12.3% 751,737 (±0.2% / ±12,525.6)

Social

85.2% ±1.1% (24,538  ±1,390.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 91.9% 1,813,681 (±0.5% / ±10,452.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,876,178 (±0.4% / ±15,701.8)
17% ±2.1% (4,908  ±,653.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 42.6% 841,077 (±0.3% / ±6,499.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

8.7% ±1.6% (3,560  ±691) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 10.6% 301,261
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 15.7% 965,638

7.3% ±1.2% (2,336  ±403) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 7.3% 161,504 (±0.2% / ±3,619)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 7.2% 345,104 (±0.1% / ±4,918)
2,336 Total veterans ±403 2,211 Male ±394 125 Female ±59

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