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St. James, MD

4,824 Population
6 square miles 798 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±6.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,211 ±$4,539 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $38,827 ±$803
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$97,361 ±$18,115 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $78,802 ±$1,109
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.2% ±2.5% (197  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 11.8% 34,532 (±0.7% / ±2,030)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.6 minutes ±12.1 (76,250  ±29,205) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 30.2 3,825,600 (±0.7 / ±108,109)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,654 ±264 Number of households
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 118,181 ±854
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (4,722  ±783) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 2.5 293,913 (±0 / ±332)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9% ±8.9% (95  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.2% † 3,428 (±0.8% / ±513)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,705 ±277 Number of housing units
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 127,214 ±167
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$409,000 ±$19,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $278,100 ±$4,921
  • a little less than the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±4.2% (280  ±205.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 11.9% 35,579 (±0.9% / ±2,656.4)
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±6.6% (2,897  ±460.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 89.6% 190,500 (±1.6% / ±3,360.1)
  • 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)
28.9% ±6% (912  ±229.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 24.2% 51,366 (±0.9% / ±1,803.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

10.3% ±5.8% (496  ±292) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.6% 16,992
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±3.4% (273  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 8.1% 19,144 (±0.4% / ±1,010)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
273 Total veterans ±124 269 Male ±123 4 Female ±6

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