Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Executive Summary ES-3 May, 2023 Frederick County lies within the central Maryland / south-central Pennsylvania /northern Virginia Combined Statistical Area (CSA). The CSA per capita income is $47,764 or about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland $43,325. It is 1.3 times the amount in the United State of $35,672. The per capita income for Frederick County in 2019 dollars was $43,582. The median house- hold income in the CSA is $95,309 or 10 percent higher than in the state and 1.5 times the U.S. amount of $65,712. The median household income for Frederick County is $97,730. The poverty rate for the CSA is 8.2%, while the Maryland rate is 9%, or about 2/3 the U.S. rate of 12.3%. Frederick County’s poverty rate is 6.2%. Located close to the geographic center of the State, the County is intersected by five major highways providing easy access to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., south-central Pennsylvania, and northern Virginia. Frederick County’s Main Streets are thriving and the entrepreneurs are creating unique businesses. The City of Frederick is a top vibrant arts community and the County is the leader of the craft beverage cluster growth in Maryland. Major employers continue to grow, including Fort Detrick with a $7B economic impact to the State of Maryland, Frederick Health, Leidos Biomedical and Frederick National Lab. Life Sciences is the County’s largest growing cluster with international leaders such as Thermo Fisher Scientific, AstraZeneca and Lonza. Recent projects include Kite Pharma with a 279,000 SF biologics manufacturing facility, Ellume’s first U.S. manufacturing facility at 180,000 SF and VaLogic’s 75,400 SF expansion. Frederick County is leading the state with the Quantum Loophole campus, a first-of-its-kind environmentally friendly data center campus. Kroger-Ocado robotics fulfillment center adds to the growing e-commerce cluster alongside Costco E-Commerce and Goodwill E-Commerce.
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