2. DIVERSE
•#2 for # of African
Immigrants
•#3 for # of immigrants
from El Salvador
•#12 for % Chinese
ethnicity (4.3%)
HIGHLY EDUCATED
•#6 for % with graduate or
professional degree (31%)
•#10 for % with at least a
BA (57%)
•#10 for % employed in
mgmt, business, and
science positions (56%)
PROSPEROUS
•#10 for households with
income > $200k
•#13 highest median
household income
•#10 highest median rent
(…BUT HIGH COST OF LIVING
AND RISING CHALLENGES)
#MontgomeryWay
1,040,116 Residents
#42 among Counties
MONTGOMERY COUNTY RANKS IN THE TOP 0.5% IN THE US ON A NUMBER OF METRICS:
OUT OF 3,142 COUNTIES
4. Born in MD
11%
Born in
Different
State
45%
Born
Outside US
44%
Place of Birth for residents 25 and over
75%
57%
40%
21%
10% 10% 9% 9% 8%
20%
28%
30%
39%
38% 41%
51% 56% 60%
5%
15%
30%
40%
53% 50%
40% 36% 32%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Under
5
years
5 to
17
years
18
to 24
years
25
to 34
years
35
to 44
years
45
to 54
years
55
to 64
years
65
to 74
years
75
years
and
over
Place of Birth by Age Group
Born in MD Born in Different State Born Outside US
Second only to Clark County, NV in the % of
residents born outside the state among
Counties with > 500,000 residents
5. Montgomery County is a Top 10
destination for immigrants from the
following countries (despite ranking
only 42nd in population overall):
• #1 for Ethiopia and Cameroon (zip codes
20904 and 20906 in Silver Spring are #1 and #3
for Cameroon).
• #2 for immigrants from Africa (2nd only
to LA, which as 10x Montgomery County's
general population).
• #2 for Sierra Leone, Ghana, Bolivia
• #3 for El Salvador
• #4 for Sri Lanka and Nepal
• #5 for Chile, Iran, and Liberia
• #8 for Peru
• #9 for Kenya and France (also: zipcodes
20814 and 20817 in Bethesda are #2 and #3
for France).
• #10 for Taiwan and Argentina
(thanks to MCPL for this analysis) Source: ACS 2013 5YR
6. 394,000 residents (or 40%) speak a language
other than English at home. 138,000 residents
have limited English proficiency—and 26,000
households (or 7%) are “language isolated.”
RANK BY RSC #1 #2 #3
Bethesda-CC
Spanish
Chinese
French
Up-County African
Mid-County
African
Chinese
Silver Spring
French
East County
7. The County’s rapid growth in
diversity reached an important
milestone with the 2010
Census, when Montgomery
County for the first time
reached “majority-minority”
status.
Source: US Census (via Brown Univ S4)
2015: 55% minority
8. Using this data, CountyStat calculated a
preliminary “diversity index” based on
Language and Ethnicity:
SINGLE VIEW OF RACIAL
AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN
THE COUNTY
Source: CountyStat calculation based on ACS 2013 (5YR)
9. Montgomery County: #1 for % of
residents with a PhD (6%) among
Counties with > 200,000 residents
10. #8 in US for Public
Administration workers
#10 in US for % in Mgmt,
Business, Science jobs
13. THIS CHART MAPS OUT MEAN
HOUSEHOLDINCOME VS. THE
POVERTY RATE FOR ALL
COUNTIES IN THE USA.
(MONTGOMERYCOUNTY IS IN
RED).
NOTE THAT MONTGOMERY
COUNTY HAS AN INCOME
LEVEL THAT IS AMONGTHE
VERY HIGHEST IN THE NATION,
WHILE OUR POVERTY RATE IS
RELATIVELY LOW.
…BUTIT IS IMPORTANTTO
REMEMBER THAT THESE
NUMBERS ARE COUNTY-WIDE
AVERAGES THAT DISGUISE
TREMENDOUSDIVERSITY IN
INCOME AND POVERTY IN THE
COUNTY.
SOURCE: CENSUS
ACS 2010-2014
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
14.
15. THIS CHART
“UNPACKS” THE
DIVERSITY IN INCOME
AND POVERTY IN THE
COUNTY BY ADDING A
DOT FOR EACH OF THE
215 NEIGHBORHOODS
(“CENSUS TRACT”) IN
THE COUNTY AND THEN
COLOR CODES THEM BY
COUNTY REGION.
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY AVERAGE
High performing neighborhoods, esp. in
Bethesda-CC, heavily bring up the average.
Many neighborhoods score nowhere
near as well as the County average.
SOURCE: CENSUS
ACS 2010-2014
16. 4.5 4.6 4.8
5.9
6.8
7.7
6.5 6.4
6.9 7
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Overall Poverty Rate
IN TOTAL, 71,600
RESIDENTS LIVE UNDER
THE POVERTY LINE.
SOURCE: CENSUS ACS 1 YR, 2005-2014
OVER 19,750 CHILDREN IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
LIVE IN POVERTY.
17. SOURCE: CENSUS ACS 2010-2014
7%
11%
11%
8%
7%
7%
5%
0% 3% 6% 9% 12%
Montgomery County
"East of Rt 29" - East County
Silver Spring
East County
Mid-County
Up-County
Bethesda-CC
Poverty Rate by Region (est.)
2010-2014 Avg 2005-2009 Avg
SOURCE: ACS 2010-14 & 2005-09 | CountyStat calculations
(Mid-County includes all of Sandy Spring; Up-County includes northern portion of King Farm)
18.
19. https://labs.redfin.com/opportunity-score
ACCESSIBILITY: JOB “OPPORTUNITY SCORE”
ACCESSIBILITY TO JOBS WITHIN 30 MIN WITHOUT A CAR (TRANSIT + WALK) SOURCE
This score quantifies how many jobs a given
location has access to within a 30 minute
travel time using public transit and walking
(i.e. without a car). Green areas have high
accessibility; red areas have low
accessibility. The score ranges from 0 (low)
to 100 (high).
This score was developed by RedFin as a
contribution to the White House Opportunity
Project.
20. 47 46
50 49 48
52
49 50 49 50
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Percent of Households Spending
>30% of Income on Housing
Renters
Location of Housing-Burdened Renters
CENSUS ACS 2009-13
21. Quality of Life: Code Enforcement
Housing and Community Affairs Code Enforcement/ Housing Complaints FY16 Top DHCA Code Enforcement Complaints
• Housing Complaints
• Tall Grass on Private Property Where the
Property is Occupied
• Children Sharing Same Room or Same Bed
• Condemned Properties
• Dead Tree or Branches on Private Property
• Enforcement Process for Un-shoveled Sidewalk
Complaints
• Fence, Shed, Retaining Wall, Falling Down/ in
Disrepair
• Landlord Tenant (LT) Complaints, Disputes or
Issues
• Maximum Occupancy for BEDROOM
• Maximum Occupancy For HOUSE OR
APARTMENT
• Neighbor's Lights Shining Into Windows
• No Heat in a Rental Unit
• Overgrown Bushes, Shrubbery Encroaching
Onto a Sidewalk or Roadway From Private
Property
• Report an Un-shoveled Sidewalk
22. Regional Centers
Housing and Community Affairs: Housing Complaints Hotspots
B-CC
Silver Spring
East County
Quality of Life: Code Enforcement
Mid-CountyUp County
Gaithersburg
Rockville • East County
• Up County
• Mid-County
• Silver Spring
• B-CC
23. Quality of Life: Code Enforcement
Permitting Services Code Enforcement FY16
Top Permitting Services Code Enforcement
Complaints
• Zoning - Other Land Use
• No Building Permit
• Signs in Right of Way
• Signs
• Right of Way Violations
• Home Occupation- Other
• Fences
• Zoning - Residential - Commercial Vehicles,
Residential Zone
• Sediment Control Environmental
• Setbacks
• Front Yard Parking
• Drainage
• Residential Building Violation
• Zoning Enforcement
• Obstruction in Right of Way (Dumpster, Monument
Mailbox and Trees)
• Home Occupation-Vehicle Repair
• Sediment Control Nuisance
• Home Occupation
• Commercial Building Violation
• Zoning Residential - Number of People Residing in
the Home
24. 14.8% 24.4% 29.7%
29.8% 35.5% 41.4%
YOUTH INITIATIVES: CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
Percent of High School Students receiving Free and Reduced Meals within School Districts
35.0
0
2004 2010 2016
HighSchoolsMiddleSchoolsElementary
Percent of FARMS by School Type
Source/Note
• Note: shown are the 2016 school district
boundaries, some districts are blank due to school
closures/openings across years
• Source: Maryland State Department of Education
2016 Report Card
High Schools
Middle Schools
Elementary
2004 2010 2016
24.6% 30.3% 34.4%
Legend
5% 35% 95%
25. YOUTH INITIATIVES: CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
Percent of Students receiving Free and Reduced Meals
Free/Reduced Price Meals
The number and percentage of
students whose applications for
free/reduced price meals meet the
family size and income guidelines
(as promulgated annually by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture) and
students approved through direct
certification. The counts are
reported as of the student's last day
of enrollment in the school system -
either the last day in school or the
date the student withdrew. The
percentage is calculated by dividing
the number of students receiving
free or reduced price meals by the
June net enrollment.
26. YOUTH INITIATIVES: CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
Percent of Students Limited English Proficient/English as a Second Language
LEP Program Participants
The number and percentage of students
assessed as eligible for the Limited
English Proficient (LEP) Program. LEP is
also referred to as English as a Second
Language (ESL).
LEP students have a primary or home
language other than English and have
been assessed as having limited or no
ability to understand, speak, read, or
write English. The counts are reported
as of the student's last day of
enrollment in the school system - either
the last day in school or the date the
student withdrew. The percentage is
calculated by dividing the number of
LEP students by the June net
enrollment.
27. COMMUNITY INDICATORS 2.0: TOOLS AND INSIGHTS FOR ACTION
USE NEW DATA VISUALIZATION TOOLS TO TRANSLATE INDICATORS INTO INTERACTIVE TOOLS
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
SERVICE GAP ANALYSIS +
VULNERABILITY INDEX DIVERSITY EXPLORER
CRIME EXPLORER AGE-FRIENDLY
MONTGOMERY ANALYTICS
QUALITY OF LIFE DASHBOARDS
BASED ON NATIONAL STANDARD
28. RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY DATA AND INSIGHTS
OPPORTUNITY.CENSUS.GOV MONTGOMERYCOUNTYMD.GOV/COUNTYSTAT
DATA.MONTGOMERYCOUNTYMD.GOVDATAUSA.IO
