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Fort Meade, MD

11,225 Population
8.1 square miles 1,388.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$39,039 ±$3,607 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $52,391 ±$369
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
$103,261 ±$9,448 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $99,470 ±$889
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597

4.1% ±1.9% (392  ±188) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 9.8% 271,943 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)

16.2 minutes ±1.5 (91,515  ±12,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 29.4 34,523,896 (±0.1 / ±262,290)
  • about half the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)

Families

3,036 ±273 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,120,269 ±2,331
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
3.1 ±0.1 (9,531  ±894) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,786,699 (±0 / ±491)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810

9.9% ±2.5% (304  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 4.9% 33,546 (±0.2% / ±1,408)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)

Housing

3,459 ±281 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,201,675 ±344
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $391,300 ±$1,904
  • Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385

30.3% ±4.8% (3,306  ±589.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.1% 313,938 (±0.3% / ±7,971.7)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)

Social

95.9% ±13.6% (5,400  ±533.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.3% 1,826,855 (±0.6% / ±11,013.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
50.2% ±4.4% (2,824  ±379.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 44% 871,152 (±0.4% / ±7,038.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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% ±2.8% (892  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds 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

25.2% ±4.3% (1,067  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 6.8% 150,313 (±0.2% / ±3,434)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
1,067 Total veterans ±225 786 Male ±189 281 Female ±105

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