Paramount-Long Meadow vs St. James

A side-by-side comparison of Paramount-Long Meadow and St. James: population, income, housing, and more.

Paramount-Long Meadow and St. James are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. James has the higher population (4,581 vs 2,660 in Paramount-Long Meadow). St. James has the higher median household income ($103,105 vs $101,763 in Paramount-Long Meadow). St. James has the higher median home value ($390,800 vs $340,500 in Paramount-Long Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	Paramount-Long Meadow	St. James
Population	2,660	4,581
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,763	$103,105
Median home value	$340,500	$390,800
Median gross rent	$1,421	$1,252
Housing units	943	1,704
Homeownership rate	83.9%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	St. James
Population	3,062 → 2,660 (-13.1%)	3,860 → 4,581 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$84,417 → $101,763 (+20.5%)	$107,868 → $103,105 (-4.4%)
Median home value	$273,700 → $340,500 (+24.4%)	$264,700 → $390,800 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,421 (+21.2%)	$1,148 → $1,252 (+9.1%)

Paramount-Long Meadow

Population

3,0622,660

Median household income

$84,417$101,763

Median home value

$273,700$340,500

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,421

St. James

Population

3,8604,581

Median household income

$107,868$103,105

Median home value

$264,700$390,800

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	St. James
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	22.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	17.9%
55 to 64	21.0%	6.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.8%
75 and over	9.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	65.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paramount-Long Meadow	St. James
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	20.0%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	St. James
Drove alone	76.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paramount-Long Meadow	St. James
1-unit, detached	70.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paramount-Long Meadow	St. James
Poverty rate	1.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.82	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	32	44
Median year structure built	1991	1996