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Rising Sun, MD

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

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,199 ±$4,245 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $47,051 ±$265
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $49,865 ±$225
$78,403 ±$12,116 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $85,555 ±$633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maryland: $98,461 ±$511

5.7% ±3.8% (158  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 717,699 (±0.2% / ±13,169)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.3% 558,567 (±0.2% / ±12,491)

30.8 minutes ±2.9 (37,810  ±6,347) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.3 76,587,890 (±0.1 / ±433,372)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 32 84,650,040 (±0.1 / ±434,310)

Families

963 ±96 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,419,824 ±4,392
  • Maryland: 2,318,124 ±4,316
2.9 ±0.3 (2,756  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,075,423
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,035,558

8.2% ±7.2% (57  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 70,787 (±0.2% / ±2,171)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,091 (±0.2% / ±2,150)

Housing

1,052 ±127 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,590,451 ±614
  • Maryland: 2,531,075 ±419

$280,900 ±$22,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $304,900 ±$1,451
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $380,500 ±$1,357

8.7% ±4.7% (236  ±,128.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 701,265 (±0.2% / ±10,666.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 12.3% 751,737 (±0.2% / ±12,525.6)

Social

94.1% ±8.8% (1,502  ±,195.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.8% 3,971,356 (±0.4% / ±16,121.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,876,178 (±0.4% / ±15,701.8)
19.7% ±5.4% (314  ±90.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 40.6% 1,756,558 (±0.2% / ±9,842.1)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 42.2% 1,798,746 (±0.2% / ±10,315.3)

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

3.3% ±2.3% (91  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 707,996
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maryland: 15.7% 965,638

5% ±2.1% (91  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.4% 264,594 (±0.1% / ±3,594)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 7.2% 345,104 (±0.1% / ±4,918)
91 Total veterans ±39 76 Male ±32 15 Female ±14

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