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Rising Sun, MD

2,756 Population
1.7 square miles 1,666.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$35,466 ±$4,679 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$85,750 ±$46,921 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

9.1% ±4.8% (251  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

29.8 minutes ±2.7 (36,255  ±6,260) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

1,003 ±81 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.8 ±0.2 (2,756  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

9.1% ±6.9% (54  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

1,094 ±104 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$289,200 ±$23,274 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

8.5% ±4.7% (232  ±127.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

93% ±8.7% (1,613  ±209.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
21.7% ±5.4% (377  ±100.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • about half 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

4% ±2.5% (110  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

4.6% ±2.5% (87  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
87 Total veterans ±47 73 Male ±36 14 Female ±18

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