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Shady Side, MD

4,727 Population
6.6 square miles 710.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$69,847 ±$11,903 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $52,391 ±$369
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$153,661 ±$24,073 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $99,470 ±$889
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.8% ±4% (180  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 9.8% 271,943 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • 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)

36.7 minutes ±11 (84,015  ±15,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 29.4 34,523,896 (±0.1 / ±262,290)
  • 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

1,925 ±209 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,120,269 ±2,331
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,727  ±710) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,786,699 (±0 / ±491)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±4.8% (26  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 4.9% 33,546 (±0.2% / ±1,408)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,363 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,201,675 ±344
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$503,500 ±$70,111 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $391,300 ±$1,904
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±5.4% (450  ±263.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.1% 313,938 (±0.3% / ±7,971.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.9% ±8.3% (3,287  ±478.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.3% 1,826,855 (±0.6% / ±11,013.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.4% ±5.8% (1,242  ±242.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 44% 871,152 (±0.4% / ±7,038.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • a little higher than 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

3.6% ±2.3% (170  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.6% 330,199
  • 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

8.4% ±3.7% (301  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 6.8% 150,313 (±0.2% / ±3,434)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
301 Total veterans ±139 258 Male ±123 43 Female ±43

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