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West Howard County--Ellicott City (North & West), Fulton & Highland PUMA, MD

133,903 Population
177.6 square miles 753.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$74,204 ±$5,179 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$181,212 ±$17,919 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • more than double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

3% ±1% (3,950  ±1,370) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30 minutes ±1.8 (1,312,280  ±56,813) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

45,037 ±2,723 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3 ±0.1 (132,992  ±8,441) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±2.6% (1,332  ±765) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

45,479 ±2,758 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$774,700 ±$36,172 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.7% ±2.3% (11,571  ±3,128.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.1% ±1.6% (87,181  ±5,035.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
69.9% ±2.4% (64,055  ±4,184.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

29.8% ±2.7% (35,160  ±3,205.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 21.1% 1,232,007 (±0.2% / ±11,123.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

24.8% ±2.8% (33,234  ±4,310) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±1.3% (6,045  ±1,324) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,045 Total veterans ±1,324 5,368 Male ±1,078 677 Female ±417

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