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Potomac Heights, MD

1,351 Population
1.1 square miles 1,258.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.4 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,816 ±$9,718 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $63,554 ±$306
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,786 ±$2,608 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $126,684 ±$733
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.6% ±9.6% (129  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.1% 504,173 (±0.2% / ±11,899)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.1 minutes ±17.8 (19,220  ±7,305) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.4 80,867,624 (±0.1 / ±475,151)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

682 ±202 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,373,022 ±4,247
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,351  ±402) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,217,922
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

746 ±218 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,506,631 ±429
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,800 ±$17,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-fifth of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $579,900 ±$2,374
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±8.5% (188  ±127.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.3% 832,508 (±0.2% / ±11,666.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±33.8% (1,071  ±260.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.4% 3,976,110 (±0.4% / ±16,769)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.2% ±13% (286  ±173.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.4% 2,364,097 (±0.3% / ±12,209)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.7% ±3.8% (50  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.3% 1,535,978
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±2.5% (38  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.2% 348,179 (±0.1% / ±4,714)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
38 Total veterans ±32 38 Male ±32 N/A Female ±14

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