Montgomery County Planning Department

Household Population Density for Montgomery County Planning Areas

Persons per Square Mile, 1977-1997

Planning Area

Square Miles

1980
1990

1997
Montgomery County

497

1,169.8

 1,513.6

1,656.9

Aspen Hill

13.0

3,873.1

 4,362.1

4,489.3

Bethesda/ Chevy Chase

20.1

3,854.6

3,797.1 

4,228.9

Clarksburg & Vicinity

15.4

109.7

136.0

131.2

Cloverly/ Norwood

13.5

783.3

 1,193.9

1,243.7

Colesville/ White Oak

10.4

2,578.8

 3,231.8

3,231.7

Damascus & Vicinity (10,11,14,15)

80.7

227.1

 372.5

345.4

Darnestown

17.3

261.7

 691.9

695.4

Fairland

10.3

715.4

 2,565.8

3,499.0

Gaithersburg & Vicinity (20,21)

31.5

1,945.3

 3,098.6

3,726.2

Germantown

16.7

647.5

2,710.4 

3,466.2

Kemp Mill/ Four Corners

6.5

5,679.2

5,795.8 

5,129.20

Kensington/ Wheaton

15.3

4,675.8

 4,784.9

4,899.0

North Bethesda/ Garrett Park

9.3

3,399.5

3,418.7

4,222.0

Olney & Vicinity

46.9

344.4

 546.7

709.8

Poolesville & Vicinity (12,16,17,18)

103.4

68.8

70.8 

80.6

Potomac

26.1

1,179.7

 1,443.2

1,715.7

Rockville

12.2

3,164.3

 2,927.9

3,536.5

Silver Spring

4.4

6,557.0

 7,672.1

7,231.8

Takoma Park*

4.6

10,096.2

 9,669.2

7,577.2

Travilah

19.0

299.3

 870.1

1,179.5

Upper Rock Creek

17.3

289.4

 620.3

598.0

* Reflects the unification of Takoma Park from Prince George's County to Montgomery County, July 1, l997.

More detailed data are available in the Planning Area Profiles section.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census; Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning, Research and Technology Center, 1997 Census Update Survey.