Severn, MD (Maryland) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 35,179, Rural population: 0)

Severn, Maryland Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 12,380 (12,037 occupied: 8,834 owner occupied, 3,203 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	27%
State:	32%

Housing density: 886 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: $1,087 (lower quartile is $839, upper quartile is $1,491)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $807

Median gross rent in Severn, MD in 2007: $1,244

Housing units in Severn with a mortgage: 7,031 (1,011 second mortgage, 717 home equity loan, 49 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 916

Severn,MD index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $382,482 (it was $155,800 in 2000)

Severn:	$382,482
Maryland:	$347,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $300,375 - $485,624

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $427,576
Here: $427,576
State: $459,189

Townhouses or other attached units: $304,659
Here: $304,659
State: $274,414

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $500,492
Here: $500,492
State: $273,938

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $367,147
Here: $367,147
State: $280,693

Mobile homes: $26,511
Here: $26,511
State: $45,619

Household type by relationship

Households: 35,075

In family households: 32,022 (7,069 male householders, 2,603 female householders)
7,602 spouses, 12,135 children (10,943 natural, 317 adopted, 875 stepchildren), 671 grandchildren, 304 brothers or sisters, 260 parents, 605 other relatives, 773 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,053 (1,111 male householders (845 living alone)), 1,290 female householders (991 living alone)), 652 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 104 (69 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,280 2-persons, 2,476 3-persons, 2,321 4-persons, 996 5-persons, 440 6-persons, 159 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,836 1-person, 467 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 6 5-persons.

6,811 married couples with children.
2,728 single-parent households (506 men, 2,222 women).

89.2% of residents of Severn speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 2,461 (7.0%)
(60.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.3
State:	6.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	5.0
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Severn, Maryland:
	1 room: 12 2 rooms: 39 3 rooms: 194 4 rooms: 317 5 rooms: 928 6 rooms: 1,333 7 rooms: 2,076 8 rooms: 2,113 9 or more rooms: 1,822

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Severn, Maryland:
	1 room: 36 2 rooms: 159 3 rooms: 195 4 rooms: 511 5 rooms: 1,346 6 rooms: 420 7 rooms: 200 8 rooms: 215 9 or more rooms: 121

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 441
1995 to 1998: 1,934
1990 to 1994: 2,312
1980 to 1989: 2,438
1970 to 1979: 2,784
1960 to 1969: 1,186
1950 to 1959: 681
1940 to 1949: 267
1939 or earlier: 337

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Severn:
	no bedroom: 36 1 bedroom: 123 2 bedrooms: 626 3 bedrooms: 4,557 4 bedrooms: 3,136 5 or more bedrooms: 356

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Severn:
	no bedroom: 80 1 bedroom: 299 2 bedrooms: 1,214 3 bedrooms: 1,294 4 bedrooms: 306 5 or more bedrooms: 10

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Severn in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 154 1 vehicle: 1,903 2 vehicles: 4,210 3 vehicles: 1,869 4 vehicles: 539 5 or more vehicles: 159

Cars and other vehicles available in Severn in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 536 1 vehicle: 1,271 2 vehicles: 1,124 3 vehicles: 198 4 vehicles: 60 5 or more vehicles: 14

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

Less than $10,000: 46
$10,000 to $14,999: 23
$15,000 to $19,999: 23
$20,000 to $24,999: 25
$25,000 to $29,999: 44
$30,000 to $34,999: 44
$35,000 to $39,999: 34
$40,000 to $49,999: 57
$50,000 to $59,999: 46
$60,000 to $69,999: 40
$70,000 to $79,999: 40
$80,000 to $89,999: 40
$90,000 to $99,999: 35
$100,000 to $124,999: 42
$125,000 to $149,999: 48
$150,000 to $174,999: 102
$175,000 to $199,999: 159
$200,000 to $249,999: 376
$250,000 to $299,999: 554
$300,000 to $399,999: 3180
$400,000 to $499,999: 2089
$500,000 to $749,999: 1614
$750,000 to $999,999: 115
$1,000,000 or more: 60

Severn rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Severn:

Less than $100: 85 people
$100 to $149: 43
$150 to $199: 6
$200 to $249: 21
$250 to $299: 39
$300 to $349: 7
$350 to $399: 14
$400 to $449: 26
$450 to $499: 28
$500 to $549: 30
$550 to $599: 32
$600 to $649: 63
$650 to $699: 75
$700 to $749: 88
$750 to $799: 53
$800 to $899: 171
$900 to $999: 409
$1,000 to $1,249: 858
$1,250 to $1,499: 376
$1,500 to $1,999: 476
$2,000 or more: 165
No cash rent: 118

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 389 1990 to 1994: 249 1985 to 1989: 368 1980 to 1984: 395 1975 to 1979: 339 1970 to 1974: 312 1970 to 1974: 145 1965 to 1969: 264

Severn, MD Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 47.7%
Number of people working at home: 367 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 121
5 to 9 minutes: 1229
10 to 14 minutes: 2787
15 to 19 minutes: 3284
20 to 24 minutes: 2799
25 to 29 minutes: 1137
30 to 34 minutes: 2503
35 to 39 minutes: 530
40 to 44 minutes: 637
45 to 59 minutes: 1671
60 to 89 minutes: 1587
90 or more minutes: 397

Severn mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 15,424 (81%)
Carpooled: 2,363 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 37 (0%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 111 (1%)
Railroad: 474 (2%)
Taxi: 22 (0%)
Bicycle: 9 (0%)
Walked: 134 (1%)
Other means: 103 (1%)
Worked at home: 367 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 517
$10,000 to $14,999: 282
$15,000 to $19,999: 262
$20,000 to $24,999: 374
$25,000 to $29,999: 428
$30,000 to $34,999: 617
$35,000 to $39,999: 421
$40,000 to $44,999: 541
$45,000 to $49,999: 544
$50,000 to $59,999: 1242
$60,000 to $74,999: 2016
$75,000 to $99,999: 2345
$100,000 to $124,999: 1283
$125,000 to $149,999: 725
$150,000 to $199,999: 320
$200,000 or more: 156

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 13523

German: 3490

Irish: 2504

United States or American: 1724

English: 1668

Italian: 1425

Polish: 783

Subsaharan African:: 573

African: 442

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 437

French (except Basque): 432

Scottish: 393

Scotch-Irish: 305

French Canadian: 249

European: 240

Norwegian: 221

British: 207

Dutch: 162

Jamaican: 159

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 147

Greek: 117

Swedish: 115

Lithuanian: 104

Russian: 94

Hungarian: 89

British West Indian: 75

Czech: 59

Finnish: 59

Nigerian: 56

Ukrainian: 51

Guyanese: 49

Danish: 49

Welsh: 48

West Indian: 38

Ghanian: 31

Romanian: 30

Slovak: 26

Portuguese: 25

Australian: 23

Croatian: 22

Czechoslovakian: 22

Swiss: 20

Northern European: 18

Arab:: 15

Other Subsaharan African: 15

Albanian: 11

Egyptian: 9

Slavic: 9

Celtic: 9

Sierra Leonean: 9

Basque: 8

Ethiopian: 8

Canadian: 8

Turkish: 7

Austrian: 7

Dutch West Indian: 7

Belgian: 7

Kenyan: 7

Belizean: 6

Other Arab: 6

Cape Verdean: 5

U.S. Virgin Islander: 5

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

Korea (22%)
Germany (9%)
Philippines (7%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Jamaica (4%)
India (4%)
Trinidad and Tobago (4%)

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

This state: 14997
Northeast: 4612
Midwest: 2353
South: 7815
West: 1595

51% of Severn residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Maryland.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 22
Nursery to 4th grade: 30
5th and 6th grade: 47
7th and 8th grade: 153
9th grade: 182
10th grade: 207
11th grade: 148
12th grade, no diploma: 199
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,493
Less than 1 year of college: 860
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,143
Associate degree: 755
Bachelor's degree: 1,894
Master's degree: 799
Professional school degree: 134
Doctorate degree: 129

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 72
Nursery to 4th grade: 14
5th and 6th grade: 79
7th and 8th grade: 267
9th grade: 200
10th grade: 303
11th grade: 288
12th grade, no diploma: 283
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,467
Less than 1 year of college: 1,330
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,784
Associate degree: 744
Bachelor's degree: 2,056
Master's degree: 618
Professional school degree: 162
Doctorate degree: 42

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 3.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 28.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.7%

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

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 20.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 5.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 9.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $89,568
Black householders: $86,430
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $77,318
Asian householders: $102,473
Some other race householders: $50,472
Two or more races householders: $85,548
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $60,685

Severn household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Severn household income for Black householders

Severn household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Severn household income for Asian householders

Severn household income for Some other race householders

Severn household income for Two or more races householders

Severn household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Severn marital status for males

Severn marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $393,528
Black or African American householders: $383,218
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $354,495
Asian householders: $385,181
Some other race householders: $411,204
Two or more races householders: $393,037
Hispanic or Latino householders: $362,596

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,724
One, attached: 3,895
Two: 63
3 or 4: 136
5 to 9: 542
10 to 19: 216
20 to 49: 102
50 or more: 110
Mobile homes: 581
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11

Median worth of mobile homes: $39,187

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Severn:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (46%) Utility gas (36%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (47%) Electricity (45%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 725

Here:	14.0%
Maryland:	14.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 168

Here:	7.9%
Maryland:	13.3%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 233

Here:	13.4%
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)

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