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Potomac, MD

45,902 Population
25.2 square miles 1,824 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$115,782 ±$5,664 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $63,554 ±$306
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
$236,675 ±$16,199 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $126,684 ±$733
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597

3.9% ±0.8% (1,775  ±378) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.1% 504,173 (±0.2% / ±11,899)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)

29.7 minutes ±0.2 (397,865  ±36,854) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

16,316 ±582 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,373,022 ±4,247
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
2.8 ±0.1 (45,510  ±1,782) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,217,922
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810

3.9% ±1.6% (347  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,062 (±0.2% / ±2,419)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)

Housing

16,796 ±551 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,506,631 ±429
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424

$1,157,000 ±$21,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $579,900 ±$2,374
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385

9.3% ±1.7% (4,212  ±783.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.3% 832,508 (±0.2% / ±11,666.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)

Social

97.5% ±0.9% (31,259  ±1,233.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.4% 3,976,110 (±0.4% / ±16,769)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
84.9% ±1.5% (27,224  ±1,148.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.4% 2,364,097 (±0.3% / ±12,209)
  • about double 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

28.8% ±2% (13,203  ±1,066) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.3% 1,535,978
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670

4.7% ±0.8% (1,637  ±281) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.2% 348,179 (±0.1% / ±4,714)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
1,637 Total veterans ±281 1,415 Male ±253 222 Female ±99

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