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Rising Sun, MD

2,764 Population
1.7 square miles 1,671.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$39,055 ±$5,620 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
$85,563 ±$35,583 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $91,289 ±$666
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597

13.1% ±5.9% (360  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)

32.3 minutes ±3.7 (37,760  ±6,871) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.7 71,567,030 (±0.1 / ±429,115)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)

Families

1,107 ±121 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
2.5 ±0.3 (2,764  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810

7.4% ±6.5% (42  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)

Housing

1,228 ±152 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424

$309,100 ±$37,340 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385

7.5% ±3.6% (207  ±97.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)

Social

93% ±9.6% (1,715  ±226.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
25.7% ±6.1% (473  ±119.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.7% ±2.6% (101  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670

6.4% ±3.1% (128  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
128 Total veterans ±62 108 Male ±48 20 Female ±20

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