Potomac Demographics
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Potomac Demographics

July 22, 2002

<bt>Total Population 44,822

Total Households 15,655

Income

Median Family Income $142,472

$75.000-$99,999 10.4 percent

$100,000-$149,999 23.5 percent

$150,000-$199,000 15.7 percent

$200,000 or more 31.5 percent

Commuting to Work

Total workers 16 years and older 21,824

Drove alone 75.4 percent

Carpooled 7.6 percent

Public transportation 6 percent

Walked 1.3 percent

Other means 0.3 percent

Work at home 9.3 percent

Average travel time to work 30.5 minutes

Race

White 79.5 percent

African American 3.9 percent

Asian 13.4 percent

Hispanic (of any race) 5.4 percent

Housing Value

Less than $150,000 2.3 percent

$150,000-$199,999 2 percent

$200,000-$299,999 13.9 percent

$300,000-$499,999 41.1 percent

$500,000-$999,999 32.3 percent

$1 million or more 8.2 percent

Median $450,800

Enrolled in School, total 12,895

Nursery, preschool 1,129

Kindergarten 609

Grades 1-8 6,077

High School 2,992

College or Graduate School 2,088

Educational Attainment

(population 25 years and over)

Bachelor's degree 32.2 percent

Graduate or professional degree 44.2 percent

Nativity and Place of Birth

Born in the United States 33,743 75.3 percent

Foreign Born 11,078 24.7 percent

Naturalized citizen 5,778

Not a citizens 5,300

Region of Birth of Foreign Born

Europe 22.8 percent

Asia 49.3 percent

Africa 7.8 percent

Latin America 18.2 percent

Northern America 1.7 percent

Oceania 0.3 percent