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Notably, PG County has [..] a relatively low-income population Really? According to wiki, the median household income is over $71,000 and 38% of households ea

Notably, PG County has [..] a relatively low-income population Really? According to wiki, the median household income is over $71,000 and 38% of households earned over $100,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Georges_County,_Maryland#Demographics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Georges_County,_Maryland... edit: okay, I suppose PG county is lower income than Montgomery, Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties, but the population is certainly not "low income" even for a high-cost-of-living region.

dpearson 14y ago
Compare that to other DC-area counties, though. Per the Washington Post [1], Fairfax, Loudoun, and Arlington all have median household incomes over $100,000. Montgomery sits at almost $93,000. So in comparison, $71,000 per year is low. [1]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/highest-income-counties/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/highest-i...
alistairSH 14y ago
Correct. PG County is only "low income" relative to its neighbors. If memory serves, it's the wealthiest majority minority county in the nation.
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- ahoyhere 14y ago
  I used to live in Greenbelt, in the heart of PG County, and my 2-bedroom-and-den semi-crappy apartment cost $1750 nearly 7 years ago. And Greenbelt is a DUMP. An expensive, expensive dump. Since the apartments were all full — and not 6 people to a unit, either… -- there's only one conclusion… PG County is a lot wealthier than you think. It's not all in Bowie and "the north."
  - tedks 14y ago
    Greenbelt probably has inflated housing prices, being so close to UMD College Park.
SeanLuke 14y ago
PG County has wide variance in income. Further out in the county there are fairly well-off people. But there is a dense population of urban poor near the DC border.
doktrin 14y ago
PG is a relatively large place, and county-wide statistics hide some very real poverty. It also bears mention that, while not directly correlated, PG county has at times had a murder rate on par with Baltimore.

dpearson 14y ago

Compare that to other DC-area counties, though. Per the Washington Post [1], Fairfax, Loudoun, and Arlington all have median household incomes over $100,000. Montgomery sits at almost $93,000. So in comparison, $71,000 per year is low. [1]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/highest-income-counties/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/highest-i...

alistairSH 14y ago

Correct. PG County is only "low income" relative to its neighbors. If memory serves, it's the wealthiest majority minority county in the nation.

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ahoyhere 14y ago
I used to live in Greenbelt, in the heart of PG County, and my 2-bedroom-and-den semi-crappy apartment cost $1750 nearly 7 years ago. And Greenbelt is a DUMP. An expensive, expensive dump. Since the apartments were all full — and not 6 people to a unit, either… -- there's only one conclusion… PG County is a lot wealthier than you think. It's not all in Bowie and "the north."
- tedks 14y ago
  Greenbelt probably has inflated housing prices, being so close to UMD College Park.

SeanLuke 14y ago

PG County has wide variance in income. Further out in the county there are fairly well-off people. But there is a dense population of urban poor near the DC border.

doktrin 14y ago

PG is a relatively large place, and county-wide statistics hide some very real poverty. It also bears mention that, while not directly correlated, PG county has at times had a murder rate on par with Baltimore.