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Spring Ridge, Maryland

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Population in 2010: 5,795.
Males: 2,659  (45.9%)
Females: 3,136  (54.1%)
Median resident age:

36.9 years
Maryland median age:

39.7 years
Estimated median household income in 2022: $113,717
Spring Ridge:

$113,717
MD:

$94,991

Estimated per capita income in 2022: $54,340

Spring Ridge CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $393,900
Spring Ridge:

$393,900
MD:

$398,100

Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $432,826; detached houses: $512,546; townhouses or other attached units: $349,145; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $271,285

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,566.

March 2022 cost of living index in Spring Ridge: 84.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 2.4%

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  • Races in Spring Ridge, MD (2022)
    • 4,59980.1%White alone
    • 4387.6%Black alone
    • 3896.8%Hispanic
    • 2564.5%Two or more races
    • 180.3%Asian alone

Races in Spring Ridge detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth

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Ancestries: American (15.4%), German (11.0%), Irish (10.0%), English (8.7%), Iranian (4.6%), Scottish (4.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

190 residents are foreign born (1.7% Asia, 0.8% Latin America).

This place:

3.3%
Maryland:

15.7%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,853 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $3,414 (0.7%)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bowie, MD (55.2 miles , pop. 50,269).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Washington, DC (58.8 miles , pop. 572,059).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (140.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities:

Lexington Park, MD (2.1 miles ),
Drum Point, MD (2.8 miles ),
Piney Point, MD (2.9 miles ),
St. George Island, MD (2.9 miles ),
California, MD (2.9 miles ),
Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD (3.0 miles ),
Solomons, MD (3.0 miles ),
Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, MD (3.1 miles )

Latitude: 38.22 N, Longitude: 76.39 W

Distribution of median household income in Spring Ridge, MD in 2022
Distribution of house value in Spring Ridge, MD in 2022
Unemployment in December 2023:
Here:

1.9%
Maryland:

2.0%
Air pollution and air quality trends
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AQI Ozone
Air Quality Index

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 58.3. This is better than average.

City:

58.3
U.S.:

72.6
Ozone Level

Ozone [ppb] level in 2023 was 37.9. This is about average. Closest monitor was 17.7 miles away from the city center.

City:

37.9
U.S.:

33.3

Tornado activity:

Spring Ridge-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Maryland state average. It is 24% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/28/2002, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 19.2 miles away from the Spring Ridge place center killed 3 people and injured 122 people and caused $124 million in damages.

On 4/28/2002, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 15.0 miles away from the place center caused $150,000 in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Spring Ridge-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Maryland state average. It is 61% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 86.8 miles away from the city center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 87.8 miles away from Spring Ridge center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 93.3 miles away from the city center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:18, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 98.0 miles away from Spring Ridge center
On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 147.5 miles away from Spring Ridge center
On 8/24/2011 at 00:04:36, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 ML) earthquake occurred 87.7 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals and medical centers near Spring Ridge:

  • CHESAPEAKE SHORES (Nursing Home, about 6 miles away; LEXINGTON PARK, MD)
  • SOLOMONS NURSING CENTER (Nursing Home, about 10 miles away; SOLOMONS, MD)
  • ASBURY SOLOMONS (Nursing Home, about 10 miles away; SOLOMONS, MD)
  • ST. MARY'S NURSING CENTER INC (Nursing Home, about 15 miles away; LEONARDTOWN, MD)
  • MEDSTAR SAINT MARY'S HOSPITAL Acute Care Hospitals (about 15 miles away; LEONARDTOWN, MD)

Operable nuclear power plants near Spring Ridge:

  • 10 miles: Calvert Cliffs 1 and 2 in Lusby, MD.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Spring Ridge:

  • University of Maryland Eastern Shore (about 39 miles; Princess Anne, MD; Full-time enrollment: 3,902)
  • College of Southern Maryland (about 42 miles; La Plata, MD; FT enrollment: 5,775)
  • Salisbury University (about 44 miles; Salisbury, MD; FT enrollment: 8,375)
  • Wor-Wic Community College (about 50 miles; Salisbury, MD; FT enrollment: 2,256)
  • Strayer University-Maryland (about 52 miles; Suitland, MD; FT enrollment: 2,748)
  • Prince George's Community College (about 53 miles; Largo, MD; FT enrollment: 8,537)
  • United States Naval Academy (about 54 miles; Annapolis, MD; FT enrollment: 5,681)

Public elementary/middle school in Spring Ridge:

Private elementary/middle school in Spring Ridge:

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Notable location: Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 33 Spring Ridge Fire (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Long Branch (A), Linganore Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

St. Mary's County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Average household size:
This place:

2.8 people
Maryland:

2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:

73.5%
Whole state:

67.1%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:

4.2%
Whole state:

6.4%


Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

For population 15 years and over in Spring Ridge:

Marital status in Spring Ridge, MD
  • Never married: 34.3%
  • Now married: 51.1%
  • Separated: 0.8%
  • Widowed: 3.4%
  • Divorced: 10.3%

For population 25 years and over in Spring Ridge:

  • High school or higher: 98.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 58.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 25.2%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.7 minutes
Educational Attainment in 2022
School Enrollment by Level of School in 2022
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
Here:

9.3
Maryland average:

12.7

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Spring Ridge
Presidential Elections Results

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Religion statistics for Spring Ridge, MD (based on St. Mary's County data)

Religions Adherents in 2010
Religions Adherents - Change between 2000 and 2010
ReligionAdherentsCongregations
Catholic24,01415
Evangelical Protestant7,51935
Mainline Protestant5,86221
Other1,2067
Black Protestant3773
None66,173-
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Graphs represent county-level data

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 16
St. Mary's County:

1.60 / 10,000 pop.
Maryland:

1.96 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
This county:

0.10 / 10,000 pop.
State:

0.07 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 10
St. Mary's County:

1.00 / 10,000 pop.
Maryland:

1.22 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 28
St. Mary's County:

2.79 / 10,000 pop.
Maryland:

2.05 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 56
Here:

5.59 / 10,000 pop.
Maryland:

5.40 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:

8.4%
Maryland:

9.1%
Adult obesity rate:
St. Mary's County:

28.9%
State:

26.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:

16.8%
Maryland:

15.5%

7.37% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($70,801 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

7.37%
Maryland average:

7.42%

0.13% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,142 average AGI)
St. Mary's County:

0.13%
Maryland average:

0.05%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Charles County, MD  1.27% ($67,660 average AGI)
from Calvert County, MD  0.87% ($68,845)
from Prince George's County, MD  0.57% ($66,671)


7.28% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($75,710 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

7.28%
Maryland average:

7.91%

0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($968 average AGI)
St. Mary's County:

0.09%
Maryland average:

0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Calvert County, MD  0.85% ($63,315 average AGI)
to Charles County, MD  0.67% ($68,444)
to Prince George's County, MD  0.26% ($56,388)

Strongest AM radio stations in Spring Ridge:

  • WPTX (1690 AM; 10 kW; LEXINGTON PARK, MD; Owner: SOMAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWGB (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; INDIAN HEAD, MD; Owner: GOOD BODY MEDIA, LLC)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WTEM (980 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WPGC (1580 AM; 50 kW; MORNINGSIDE, MD; Owner: INFINITY WPGC(AM), INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTOP (1500 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • WMET (1150 AM; 50 kW; GAITHERSBURG, MD; Owner: BELTWAY ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
  • WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Spring Ridge:

  • WMDM-FM (97.7 FM; LEXINGTON PARK, MD; Owner: SOMAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WKIK-FM (102.9 FM; CALIFORNIA, MD; Owner: SOMAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWZZ (104.1 FM; WALDORF, MD; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • WBZS-FM (92.7 FM; PRINCE FREDERICK, MD; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF PRINCE FREDERICK LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WSMD-FM (98.3 FM; MECHANICSVILLE, MD; Owner: SOMAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W201CG (88.1 FM; LEXINGTON PARK, MD; Owner: GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH)

TV broadcast stations around Spring Ridge:

  • WMDT (Channel 47; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP)
  • WIAV-LP (Channel 58; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: ASIAVISION, INC.)
  • W52AX (Channel 52; LEONARDTOWN, MD; Owner: SATELLITE VIDEO BROADCASTING)
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Spring Ridge, MD
  • 77.8%Utility gas
  • 14.5%Electricity
  • 4.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 2.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.0%Wood
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Spring Ridge, MD
  • 64.3%Electricity
  • 31.8%Utility gas
  • 3.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.


Spring Ridge compared to Maryland state average:

  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.

Spring Ridge on our top lists:

  • #75 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most residents born in South Africa (population 500+)"
  • #77 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Southern Africa (population 500+)"
  • #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #90 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #98 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
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