HomeMarylandMontgomery CountyDamascus CDP
Damascus CDP, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
Damascus CDP is a Census CDP of 17,640 people across 14.24 square miles of land, in Montgomery County. Median household income is $158,883, 90.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 14 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Damascus
What Damascus is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area14.24 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,239
- County holding the largest share of its areaMontgomery County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
How many people live in Damascus
- Population17,640
- Median age41.5
- Population under 184,121
- Share under 1823.4 percent
- Population 65 and over2,674
- Share 65 and over15.2 percent
- Households5,903
- Family households4,842
- Share of households that are families82.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Income and work in Damascus
- Median household income$158,883
- Per capita income$62,599
- Civilian labor force10,126
- Employed9,845
- Unemployed281 plus or minus 101
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over12,069
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher49.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Housing in Damascus
- Housing units6,032
- Occupied units5,903
- Vacant units129 plus or minus 93
- Vacancy rate2.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Owner occupied5,319
- Renter occupied584 plus or minus 145
- Ownership rate90.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$528,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,792
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.5 percent
- Single family units5,505
- Share single family91.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more527 plus or minus 154
- Share in buildings of two or more8.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
How Damascus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,092
- Commuting under 15 minutes678 plus or minus 155
- Share commuting under 15 minutes9.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,494
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more63.4 percent
- Drove alone62.1 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport1.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home26.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
SBA loans in Damascus (7(a))
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$1,481,500
- Average approval$105,821
- Median approval$65,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$277,000
- Largest approval$315,000
- Jobs supported88
- Jobs per approval6.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Damascus
SBA loans in Damascus (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,510,000
- Average approval$503,333
- Median approval$362,000
- Largest approval$800,000
- Jobs supported29
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Montgomery County, not Damascus
Montgomery County context, not Damascus figures
These are Montgomery County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Damascus measurements.
- Establishments in Montgomery County27,677
- Employment at those establishments, Montgomery County439,792
- Covered employment, Montgomery County462,298
- Average annual pay, Montgomery County$94,473
- Average weekly wage, Montgomery County$1,817
- Housing units permitted, Montgomery County3,656
- Of those, single family, Montgomery County1,491
- County product, 2024, Montgomery County$117,389,979,000
- County product change over the prior year, Montgomery County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Montgomery County$106,809
Every figure in this section is published for Montgomery County as a whole and is not a measurement of Damascus. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Damascus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Damascus, Maryland?
17,640, in 5,903 households. Damascus CDP covers 14.24 square miles of land, which is 1,239 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Damascus in?
Montgomery County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Damascus?
$158,883. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $528,400. Median gross rent is $1,792 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Damascus businesses?
14 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $65,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Damascus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Damascus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Damascus. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Damascus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Montgomery County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Damascus.
Is zoning published for Damascus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.