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South Montgomery County--South Bethesda & Chevy Chase PUMA, MD

102,311 Population
21.1 square miles 4,842.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 20 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

$115,470 ±$7,106 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
  • more than double the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$207,935 ±$18,836 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292
  • more than double the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

4.6% ±1.5% (4,698  ±1,564) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29 minutes ±4.4 (1,156,000  ±117,662) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of 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

42,522 ±2,172 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (101,545  ±6,038) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

2.5% ±1.3% (555  ±290) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

45,286 ±2,323 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$1,206,800 ±$50,932 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

16.1% ±3% (16,388  ±3,166.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

98.1% ±1.7% (71,007  ±3,900.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent 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)
82.6% ±1.8% (59,821  ±3,383.4) 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)

26.1% ±3.2% (24,983  ±3,098.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 20.6% 1,198,235 (±0.2% / ±10,659.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

25.2% ±2.9% (25,787  ±3,312) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5% ±1.4% (3,980  ±1,124) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,980 Total veterans ±1,124 3,219 Male ±982 761 Female ±574

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