Population

58,402

US Census ACS 2024 5-year average

Median home value

$479,200

Owner-occupied units

Severn, MD

Maryland · 39.136° N, 76.696° W · 18 sq mi

Severn is a city in Maryland, with a population of 58,402 and about 3,193 residents per square mile. The median household earns $134,423 a year, and the median home is worth $479,200.

Conditions

Humidity & wind

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Sunrise & sunset

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Local time

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Size & density

Land area

18 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

3,193

People per square mile

Rank by population

#753

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#678

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$134,423

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$2,175

Per month

Homeownership

71%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

27.8 min

One way

People

Median age

36.5

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

46.1%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

16.3%

Households

21,748

2.68 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 19^%

Professional & business services 16.1^%

Public administration 16^%

Retail trade 9.8^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Maryland

Name

Annette Lerner & family

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$5.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Chevy Chase

Source of wealth

Real estate

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Maryland · private sector

Employer

Johns Hopkins

Sector

Education & health

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in Maryland

Company

Lockheed Martin

Revenue

$71.0B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Bethesda

Ticker

LMT

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Maryland

State bird

Baltimore Oriole

State flower

Black-eyed Susan

State capital

Annapolis

Nickname

The Old Line State

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Bowie, MD13 mi · 58,383
Dundalk, MD14 mi · 65,969
Towson, MD18 mi · 58,679
Silver Spring, MD20 mi · 81,462