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Potomac, MD

46,230 Population
25.2 square miles 1,837.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$109,051 ±$4,663 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $62,026 ±$306
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$239,205 ±$17,656 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $123,896 ±$689
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

3.7% ±0.8% (1,693  ±357) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 484,187 (±0.2% / ±11,542)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

31.2 minutes ±1 (454,620  ±40,168) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33 84,854,504 (±0.1 / ±452,475)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

16,280 ±504 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,350,158 ±4,553
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.8 ±0.1 (45,848  ±1,698) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,167,808 (±0 / ±502)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

3.9% ±1.6% (352  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,397 (±0.1% / ±2,039)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

16,843 ±524 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,483,270 ±835
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$1,105,900 ±$21,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $553,000 ±$2,118
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

10% ±1.7% (4,571  ±776.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.7% 849,588 (±0.2% / ±11,175.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

97.1% ±2% (31,087  ±1,184.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.5% 3,938,689 (±0.4% / ±16,678.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
84.5% ±2.1% (27,076  ±1,103.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53.8% 2,314,689 (±0.3% / ±12,424.3)
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

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

29.6% ±1.6% (13,698  ±905) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24% 1,501,590
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

4.7% ±0.7% (1,655  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.4% 352,853 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
1,655 Total veterans ±254 1,429 Male ±228 226 Female ±93

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