Population & Demographics
Gaithersburg, MD
Gaithersburg is home to 69,825 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 31,223 resident workers commute each day.
69,825 residents
Median age 37.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Gaithersburg population & demographics
Who lives in Gaithersburg — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Gaithersburg
How Gaithersburg breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Gaithersburg
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Gaithersburg.
These figures are for Gaithersburg proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Gaithersburg commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Gaithersburg
31,223 commutes, one dot at a time
Gaithersburg
Where 31,223 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Gaithersburg, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Gaithersburg.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Gaithersburg’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Gaithersburg
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).