Garrett County, Maryland (MD)

Races in Garrett County, Maryland:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $269,362

Here:	$269,362
State:	$417,946

Townhouses or other attached units: $239,765

Here:	$239,765
State:	$249,949

In 2-unit structures: $1,984,515

Here:	$1,984,515
State:	$206,340

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $222,186

Here:	$222,186
State:	$258,956

Mobile homes: $60,144

Here:	$60,144
State:	$73,685

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 24
• Burglaries: 63
• Thefts: 166
• Auto thefts: 10

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 27
• Burglaries: 50
• Thefts: 156
• Auto thefts: 9

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,509 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,340 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Garrett County is $405 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $649 a month.

Cities in this county include: Mountain Lake Park, Oakland, Grantsville, Finzel, Friendsville, Loch Lynn Heights, Deer Park, Accident, Bloomington, Kitzmiller.

2012 air pollution in Garrett County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.165 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.036 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Arapahoe County, Colorado , Cape May County, New Jersey , Carroll County , Grand County, Utah , Knox County, Missouri , Muskingum County, Ohio , Shelby County, Indiana , Union County, Indiana .

Current college students: 1,015
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 400 (81.7% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Garrett County population

• 1072010 or later
• 412000 to 2009
• 241990 to 1999
• 91980 to 1989
• 521970 to 1979
• 114Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 15,206
• One, attached: 639
• Two: 210
• 3 or 4: 381
• 5 to 9: 516
• 10 to 19: 242
• 20 to 49: 328
• 50 or more: 68
• Mobile homes: 1,453
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Housing units in Garrett County with a mortgage: 4,987 (104 second mortgage, 776 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,079

Religion statistics for Garrett County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Garrett County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Maryland Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 22, 2016 to January 23, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4261: March 04, 2016, FEMA Id: 4261, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Maryland Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3349: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3349, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 04, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4091: November 20, 2012, FEMA Id: 4091, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms, Incident Period: February 05, 2010 to February 11, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1910: May 06, 2010, FEMA Id: 1910, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Maryland Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3251: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3251, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Hurricane Isabel, Incident Period: September 18, 2003 to September 29, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1492: September 19, 2003, FEMA Id: 1492, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Snowstorm, Incident Period: February 14, 2003 to February 23, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3179: March 14, 2003, FEMA Id: 3179, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm
• Maryland Hurricane Fran, Incident Period: September 06, 1996 to September 09, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1139: September 17, 1996, FEMA Id: 1139, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maryland Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to January 31, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1094: January 23, 1996, FEMA Id: 1094, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Maryland Blizzard, Incident Period: January 06, 1996 to January 12, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1081: January 11, 1996, FEMA Id: 1081, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

3.70% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($47,122 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.20% relocated from other counties in Maryland ($18,713 average AGI)
2.50% relocated from other states ($28,409 average AGI)

Garrett County:	2.50%
Maryland average:	3.25%

from Allegany County, MD	0.50% ($40,214 average AGI)
from Preston County, WV	0.37% ($21,317)
from Somerset County, PA	0.16% ($25,889)
from Mineral County, WV	0.13% ($32,143)
from Baltimore County, MD	0.12% ($50,077)
from Monongalia County, WV	0.11% ($52,583)
from Anne Arundel County, MD	0.11% ($56,000)

4.01% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($38,348 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.12% relocated to other counties in Maryland ($12,776 average AGI)
2.88% relocated to other states ($25,572 average AGI)

Garrett County:	2.88%
Maryland average:	3.30%

to Allegany County, MD	0.62% ($53,899 average AGI)
to Preston County, WV	0.26% ($25,586)
to Monongalia County, WV	0.23% ($49,769)
to Somerset County, PA	0.17% ($25,579)
to Grant County, WV	0.12% ($34,538)
to Allegheny County, PA	0.10% ($31,818)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 10.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Garrett County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 25,151 (4,341 male householders, 3,847 female householders)

  6,631 spouses, 8,482 children (8,038 natural, 209 adopted, 229 stepchildren), 543 grandchildren, 172 brothers or sisters, 399 parents, 148 other relatives, 554 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 4,196 (1,658 male householders (1,429 living alone)), 1,876 female householders (1,702 living alone)), 646 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 596

Size of family households: 4,347 2-persons, 1,589 3-persons, 1,369 4-persons, 530 5-persons, 222 6-persons, 145 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,130 1-person, 369 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 15 5-persons.

4,199 married couples with children.
1,073 single-parent households (318 men, 755 women).

95.8% of residents of Garrett speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 52% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $160,223,000 ($5,319 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,410,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $74,949,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $36,691,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $541,000
Federal grants: $37,064,000
Federal procurement contracts: $6,149,000 ($3,292,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,830,000 ($118,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $5,919,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $7,013,000
Federal Government insurance: $14,321,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-1 per 1000 residents
State:	+2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.96 millions of gallons per day (32% from ground, 68% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to Garrett County population

• 1052014 or later
• 6702010 to 2013
• 3,2792000 to 2009
• 2,9781990 to 1999
• 2,9931980 to 1989
• 3,1591970 to 1979
• 1,4791960 to 1969
• 1,1721950 to 1959
• 7601940 to 1949
• 2,6021939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Garrett County, Maryland

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Garrett County population

• 101 room
• 292 rooms
• 1593 rooms
• 7204 rooms
• 1,5915 rooms
• 2,0226 rooms
• 1,5607 rooms
• 1,2308 rooms
• 1,6629+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Garrett County population

• 1421 room
• 1132 rooms
• 4443 rooms
• 5444 rooms
• 5555 rooms
• 4086 rooms
• 2367 rooms
• 898 rooms
• 1599+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Garrett County, Maryland

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Garrett County population

• 9no bedroom
• 1371 bedroom
• 1,5102 bedrooms
• 4,9423 bedrooms
• 1,8664 bedrooms
• 5235+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Garrett County population

• 147no bedroom
• 5751 bedroom
• 8842 bedrooms
• 7063 bedrooms
• 3254 bedrooms
• 605+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Garrett County, Maryland in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Garrett County population

• 294no vehicle
• 2,2931 vehicle
• 3,6702 vehicles
• 1,9063 vehicles
• 6094 vehicles
• 2415+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Garrett County population

• 575no vehicle
• 1,2441 vehicle
• 6592 vehicles
• 1243 vehicles
• 394 vehicles
• 555+ vehicles

91.6% of Garrett County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Maryland.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 18,360
• Other state: 10,814
• Northeast: 4,758
• Midwest: 1,119
• South: 4,494
• West: 456

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 703
• Number of aged recipients: 67
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 636
• Number of recipients under 18: 71
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 472
• Number of recipients older than 64: 160
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 281
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 283

Garrett County on our top lists:

• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #75 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"