College Park, MD (Maryland) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 26,925 (All urban)

College Park, Maryland Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 6,250 (6,046 occupied: 3,508 owner occupied, 2,538 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	42%
State:	32%

Housing density: 1150 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $342,460.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,069 (lower quartile is $796, upper quartile is $1,597)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $750

Median gross rent in College Park, MD in 2007: $1,155

Housing units in College Park with a mortgage: 2,328 (263 second mortgage, 219 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 949

College Park,MD index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $350,158 (it was $141,900 in 2000)

College Park:	$350,158
Maryland:	$347,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $266,847 - $441,468

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $387,194
Here: $387,194
State: $459,189

Townhouses or other attached units: $332,809
Here: $332,809
State: $274,414

In 2-unit structures: $315,509
Here: $315,509
State: $238,436

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $263,549
Here: $263,549
State: $273,938

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $156,200
Here: $156,200
State: $280,693

Mobile homes: $143,269
Here: $143,269
State: $45,619

Household type by relationship

Households: 15,861

In family households: 10,103 (2,215 male householders, 897 female householders)
2,401 spouses, 3,238 children (2,912 natural, 145 adopted, 181 stepchildren), 366 grandchildren, 143 brothers or sisters, 128 parents, 241 other relatives, 474 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,758 (1,605 male householders (786 living alone)), 1,286 female householders (745 living alone)), 2,867 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 8,729 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,231 2-persons, 744 3-persons, 593 4-persons, 296 5-persons, 194 6-persons, 54 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,531 1-person, 588 2-persons, 374 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 164 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

1,781 married couples with children.
411 single-parent households (104 men, 307 women).

82.1% of residents of College Park speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
6.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
5.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 3,159 (12.8%)
(42.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.0
State:	6.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in College Park, Maryland:
	1 room: 6 2 rooms: 18 3 rooms: 84 4 rooms: 145 5 rooms: 397 6 rooms: 708 7 rooms: 788 8 rooms: 620 9 or more rooms: 742

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in College Park, Maryland:
	1 room: 97 2 rooms: 377 3 rooms: 473 4 rooms: 710 5 rooms: 206 6 rooms: 158 7 rooms: 179 8 rooms: 139 9 or more rooms: 199

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 40
1995 to 1998: 291
1990 to 1994: 116
1980 to 1989: 421
1970 to 1979: 768
1960 to 1969: 1,437
1950 to 1959: 1,741
1940 to 1949: 810
1939 or earlier: 626

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in College Park:
	no bedroom: 28 1 bedroom: 83 2 bedrooms: 420 3 bedrooms: 1,729 4 bedrooms: 937 5 or more bedrooms: 311

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in College Park:
	no bedroom: 161 1 bedroom: 833 2 bedrooms: 816 3 bedrooms: 264 4 bedrooms: 166 5 or more bedrooms: 298

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in College Park in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 130 1 vehicle: 1,080 2 vehicles: 1,566 3 vehicles: 531 4 vehicles: 155 5 or more vehicles: 46

Cars and other vehicles available in College Park in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 484 1 vehicle: 924 2 vehicles: 580 3 vehicles: 211 4 vehicles: 169 5 or more vehicles: 170

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in College Park, MD:

Less than $10,000: 2
$10,000 to $14,999: 1
$15,000 to $19,999: 1
$20,000 to $24,999: 1
$25,000 to $29,999: 4
$30,000 to $34,999: 4
$35,000 to $39,999: 3
$40,000 to $49,999: 4
$50,000 to $59,999: 5
$60,000 to $69,999: 1
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 8
$125,000 to $149,999: 6
$150,000 to $174,999: 5
$175,000 to $199,999: 49
$200,000 to $249,999: 198
$250,000 to $299,999: 782
$300,000 to $399,999: 1532
$400,000 to $499,999: 867
$500,000 to $749,999: 312
$750,000 to $999,999: 19
$1,000,000 or more: 24

College Park rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in College Park:

Less than $100: 44 people
$100 to $149: 34
$150 to $199: 69
$200 to $249: 41
$250 to $299: 50
$300 to $349: 56
$350 to $399: 20
$400 to $449: 42
$450 to $499: 44
$500 to $549: 38
$550 to $599: 57
$600 to $649: 38
$650 to $699: 33
$700 to $749: 41
$750 to $799: 66
$800 to $899: 208
$900 to $999: 312
$1,000 to $1,249: 473
$1,250 to $1,499: 292
$1,500 to $1,999: 446
$2,000 or more: 261
No cash rent: 98

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,100 1990 to 1994: 565 1985 to 1989: 504 1980 to 1984: 449 1975 to 1979: 128 1970 to 1974: 187 1970 to 1974: 68 1965 to 1969: 158

College Park, MD Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 59.6%
Number of people working at home: 322 (2.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 469
5 to 9 minutes: 1649
10 to 14 minutes: 1718
15 to 19 minutes: 1783
20 to 24 minutes: 1074
25 to 29 minutes: 458
30 to 34 minutes: 1357
35 to 39 minutes: 288
40 to 44 minutes: 521
45 to 59 minutes: 1124
60 to 89 minutes: 562
90 or more minutes: 234

College Park mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,224 (54%)
Carpooled: 1,062 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 157 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 823 (7%)
Railroad: 36 (0%)
Taxi: 7 (0%)
Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
Bicycle: 241 (2%)
Walked: 2,616 (23%)
Other means: 59 (1%)
Worked at home: 322 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 652
$10,000 to $14,999: 293
$15,000 to $19,999: 294
$20,000 to $24,999: 198
$25,000 to $29,999: 311
$30,000 to $34,999: 285
$35,000 to $39,999: 226
$40,000 to $44,999: 397
$45,000 to $49,999: 335
$50,000 to $59,999: 594
$60,000 to $74,999: 776
$75,000 to $99,999: 789
$100,000 to $124,999: 400
$125,000 to $149,999: 188
$150,000 to $199,999: 201
$200,000 or more: 64

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 6359

German: 2429

Irish: 2249

Italian: 1396

English: 1051

United States or American: 850

Polish: 708

Russian: 416

Subsaharan African:: 415

European: 408

French (except Basque): 303

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 263

British: 260

Scottish: 251

Scotch-Irish: 201

African: 162

Greek: 158

Iranian: 134

Norwegian: 125

Swedish: 100

Arab:: 87

Liberian: 85

Jamaican: 85

Dutch: 84

Ukrainian: 76

Portuguese: 76

Welsh: 74

Romanian: 73

Austrian: 73

French Canadian: 72

Hungarian: 64

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 59

Lithuanian: 52

West Indian: 50

Ethiopian: 48

Slovak: 46

Israeli: 46

Guyanese: 43

Lebanese: 42

Canadian: 40

British West Indian: 34

Belgian: 33

Swiss: 33

Other Subsaharan African: 31

Bulgarian: 30

Turkish: 30

Nigerian: 30

Eastern European: 27

Sierra Leonean: 26

Czechoslovakian: 25

Ghanian: 24

Brazilian: 22

Czech: 21

Finnish: 21

Danish: 20

Serbian: 19

Armenian: 18

Arab/Arabic: 18

Other West Indian: 18

Egyptian: 17

Estonian: 17

Haitian: 17

Scandinavian: 14

Croatian: 10

South African: 9

Basque: 8

Slovene: 7

Northern European: 7

Iraqi: 6

Latvian: 6

Cypriot: 5

Pennsylvania German: 5

Other Arab: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

India (13%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
Korea (6%)
Taiwan (5%)
El Salvador (5%)
Trinidad and Tobago (4%)
Germany (3%)

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

This state: 8620
Northeast: 5303
Midwest: 1109
South: 5464
West: 636

35% of College Park residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Maryland.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 17
Nursery to 4th grade: 11
5th and 6th grade: 27
7th and 8th grade: 70
9th grade: 54
10th grade: 147
11th grade: 87
12th grade, no diploma: 156
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,089
Less than 1 year of college: 292
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 664
Associate degree: 95
Bachelor's degree: 1,045
Master's degree: 631
Professional school degree: 101
Doctorate degree: 291

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 22
Nursery to 4th grade: 16
5th and 6th grade: 14
7th and 8th grade: 118
9th grade: 69
10th grade: 56
11th grade: 71
12th grade, no diploma: 229
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,156
Less than 1 year of college: 288
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 601
Associate degree: 221
Bachelor's degree: 992
Master's degree: 549
Professional school degree: 84
Doctorate degree: 133

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 22.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 12.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 16.2%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 18.6%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 13.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 8.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 17.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 22.6%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 20.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 13.8%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $60,777
Black householders: $69,999
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $60,209
Asian householders: $70,349
Some other race householders: $51,002
Two or more races householders: $83,628
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $51,586

College Park household income for White non-Hispanic householders

College Park household income for Black householders

College Park household income for Asian householders

College Park household income for Some other race householders

College Park household income for Two or more races householders

College Park household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

College Park marital status for males

College Park marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $344,235
Black or African American householders: $380,016
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $348,924
Asian householders: $348,677
Some other race householders: $356,820
Two or more races householders: $386,432
Hispanic or Latino householders: $335,845

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,204
One, attached: 152
Two: 30
3 or 4: 238
5 to 9: 315
10 to 19: 353
20 to 49: 219
50 or more: 726
Mobile homes: 13

Median worth of mobile homes: $276,724

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in College Park:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (88%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%) Electricity (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (62%) Electricity (28%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 350

Here:	26.5%
Maryland:	14.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 130

Here:	23.6%
Maryland:	13.3%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 743

Here:	6.2%
Maryland:	21.7%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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