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Southwest Montgomery County--North Bethesda & Potomac PUMA, MD

120,990 Population
45.6 square miles 2,654.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$92,444 ±$5,453 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • more than double the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$167,773 ±$9,283 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • more than double the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

4.5% ±1.5% (5,405  ±1,801) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.9 minutes ±0.4 (1,297,135  ±141,890) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 82,879,024 (±0.3 / ±1,095,870)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

48,486 ±2,427 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (119,865  ±7,528) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.7% ±1.8% (1,212  ±466) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

50,626 ±2,512 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$911,500 ±$32,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.3% ±2.6% (13,546  ±3,174.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

97% ±7.5% (84,388  ±4,539.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,917,459 (±0.8% / ±33,511.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
79.7% ±6.3% (69,313  ±3,889.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

39.8% ±3.1% (46,814  ±3,878.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 20.6% 1,198,235 (±0.2% / ±10,659.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

32.6% ±3.2% (39,410  ±4,614) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.5% ±1% (4,249  ±961) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,249 Total veterans ±961 3,434 Male ±807 815 Female ±584

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