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Towson, MD

57,683 Population
14.2 square miles 4,075.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$60,536 ±$3,316 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $51,146 ±$373
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$100,481 ±$4,522 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $97,300 ±$919
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

12.8% ±2% (6,469  ±1,013) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 9.9% 274,570 (±0.3% / ±7,894)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

25.7 minutes ±0.7 (580,660  ±39,986) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 29.7 35,490,380 (±0.1 / ±270,570)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

22,485 ±805 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,107,822 ±2,977
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.3 ±0.1 (50,665  ±1,762) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,779,270 (±0 / ±346)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

3.4% ±1.1% (581  ±190) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 5.1% 34,457 (±0.2% / ±1,593)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

24,304 ±766 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,195,538 ±523
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$445,100 ±$13,384 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $373,300 ±$1,771
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

19.2% ±1.9% (10,962  ±1,134.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.5% 321,598 (±0.3% / ±8,017.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

95.9% ±0.8% (33,779  ±1,324.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.1% 1,817,456 (±0.6% / ±11,018.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
68.1% ±1.4% (23,992  ±1,037.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 43.3% 853,934 (±0.4% / ±7,158.1)
  • about 1.5 times 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

10.9% ±1.4% (6,278  ±848) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.2% 318,601
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

4.2% ±0.6% (1,972  ±295) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 7.1% 154,815 (±0.2% / ±3,292)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
1,972 Total veterans ±295 1,871 Male ±281 101 Female ±60

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