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Gaithersburg, MD

70,708 Population
10.3 square miles 6,850.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2

Economics

$59,875 ±$6,291 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $63,559 ±$522
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
$119,888 ±$11,906 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $126,244 ±$1,374
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404

9.3% ±3.7% (6,563  ±2,627) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.3% 523,048 (±0.4% / ±23,764)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)

29.4 minutes ±0.3 (823,985  ±41,848) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.4 80,867,624 (±0.1 / ±475,151)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)

Families

26,533 ±2,424 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,415,530 ±7,433
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
2.7 ±0.2 (70,308  ±80) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,333,457 (±0 / ±2,832)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638

2.8% ±1.9% (454  ±311) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 80,297 (±0.4% / ±5,800)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)

Housing

28,620 ±2,734 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,550,314 ±1,620
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274

$530,500 ±$63,935 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $604,800 ±$4,223
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089

14.4% ±4.7% (10,111  ±3,285.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 12.5% 798,264 (±0.5% / ±28,753.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)

Social

82.9% ±6.8% (44,014  ±4,185.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.3% 4,058,848 (±0.8% / ±33,896)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
52.3% ±5.1% (27,753  ±3,005.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 55.5% 2,466,941 (±0.5% / ±23,939.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)

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

51.1% ±6.4% (36,146  ±4,533) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.7% 1,589,838 (±0.5% / ±29,196)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852

4.1% ±1.8% (2,333  ±1,051) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 6.8% 338,418 (±0.2% / ±9,315)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
2,333 Total veterans ±1,051 2,034 Male ±985 299 Female ±294

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