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

125,548 Population
45.6 square miles 2,754.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$84,460 ±$5,585 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $49,236 ±$526
  • about double the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$158,400 ±$13,122 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $94,991 ±$1,080
  • more than double the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

4.8% ±1.8% (6,028  ±2,300) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9.6% 581,748 (±0.4% / ±21,727)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

27.5 minutes ±4.4 (1,104,290  ±113,177) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 30.8 78,339,830 (±0.3 / ±941,998)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

49,216 ±2,402 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,375,984 ±8,175
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (124,377  ±7,152) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,039,338
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

2.7% ±1.2% (737  ±330) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 5% 71,827 (±0.4% / ±5,546)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

52,368 ±2,622 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,559,057 ±654
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$862,300 ±$28,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $398,100 ±$3,070
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.1% ±2.2% (15,126  ±2,874.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.6% 704,384 (±0.4% / ±24,705.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

95.9% ±1.8% (85,831  ±4,471.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,918,299 (±0.8% / ±33,025.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
79.4% ±2.1% (71,061  ±3,942) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,878,705 (±0.5% / ±22,389.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

39.7% ±3.2% (47,056  ±4,034.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 19.8% 1,148,301 (±0.2% / ±10,564.4)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

35.9% ±3% (45,018  ±4,513) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 16.7% 1,029,710
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

3.5% ±1% (3,556  ±1,021) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 324,204 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
3,556 Total veterans ±1,021 2,617 Male ±793 939 Female ±595

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